Can I linger, linger looking
Simply looking at you
Stunned by what I've seen for so long
Yet tonight it's somehow new

Let me look with heart wide open
Let me fill my eyes with you
Let me linger

Can I linger, linger listening
Simply listening to you
Silent so I won't steal your thunder
Let your thoughts alone come through

Let me hear with heart wide open
Let me fill my mind with you
Let me linger

When did I decide that I had you figured out'
When did I forget you're a treasure to be sought'

Can I linger, linger smiling
Simply smiling at you
Not afraid of what I don't know
But amazed at what I do

Let me walk this road beside you
Let me throw away my plan
Let me revel in your mystery
Let me simply take your hand
Let me linger

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(Christopher Ames)