We should have met sooner Before the others came along To scare you Remind you To tie you With responsibilities Before the wind was out of your hair We should have met sooner Before morgages and children To hold you And chain you To smother you With demands Before the wind was out of your hair We should have met sooner And held off the world for a while To have time only for each other To escape the number days and nights Before the sun was out of your eyes Now we must be gypsies in the subways Dreamers in the city park Wanderers with only weekends Lovers with one eye on the back We should have met sooner Before the sun was out of your eyes Before the wind was out of your hair