Looking Back


  He started moving out of their old house
  The day they laid her down to rest
  One by one he packed the photographs,
  The poster bed, the cedar chest
  As he moved her full length looking glass
  In the corner was a note
  And through his tear-filled eyes he read
  The tender words she wrote
  
  Chorus
  Looking back over my life
  I could not have wished for more
  And looking back if you lose sight of my love
  That’s what this mirror’s for
  Just stand where you are in plain view
  Won’t take but just one glance
  And you will see what mattered most to me
  Looking back

  He stood there for a while the smile upon his face
  Reflecting ‘cross the room
  Till he could almost swear that in the air he caught
  A trace of her perfume
  All at once his image faded
  And hers appeared instead
  He reached out and took her hand
  And listened as she said

  Chorus
  Looking back over my life
  I could not have wished for more
  And looking back if you lose sight of my love
  That’s what this mirror’s for
  Just stand where you are in plain view
  Won’t take but just one glance
  And you will see what mattered most to me
  Looking back


  Just stand where you are in plain view
  Won’t take but just one glance
  And you will see what mattered most to me
  Looking back

          © Herbst / Wilson