I Don’t Understand
© 2020, words and music by John R. Black
I don’t understand
Why you ran away,
I was so in love with you
I wanted you to stay.
Your love was strong and true
Your heart was solid gold
But then you said, “No more—
Our love has grown cold.”
(Chorus)
I don’t think
We’ll ever love again;
I just hope we can be friends.
But deep inside of me
I think you want to be free
I think you want to be free.
I don’t understand
Why you loved me so long
And then you shut me down
When I tried to right a wrong.
I don’t understand
Why you don’t grieve for me;
I’d think you’d want to say goodbye
Before you set me free.
(Chorus)
I don’t understand
The night you danced with me
Danced the old-fashioned way,
It’s the way it has to be.
You said, “Hold me close.”
These memories must never leave
To dance the old-fashioned way
Is the way we must believe.
(Chorus)
And now it’s time to say goodbye.
Was it real or just a dream?
When we met and fell in love
On the Queen Mary 2 at sea.