When You Sing

By the lights of St. Dominic Street Bridge she was waiting
 She was waiting for me to arrive
 And she told me much later that while she was waiting
 She had felt so in love and alive
 And then much later we rolled up at her house
 Then we laughed at the stupidest thing
 And then we cried when we thought of tomorrow
 And the strangeness the future can bring
 Let your pain just leave you when you sing she said
 Let your pain just leave you when you sing
 Let your pain just leave you when you sing she said
 And may God to you his mercy bring
 Now the lights of St. Dominic Street Bridge are still shining
 But I never thought we would survive
 When I think of the sad things that we did together
 I still feel so in love and alive
 And then much later we sometimes go walking
 And then I have to fight back the tears
 When I think of the thing that she told me so often
 And the way that it calmed down my fears