Favorite Day

have you ever bit your tongue
 and made it bleed?
 has your voice trailed off in mid-story
 trying not to speak of me?
 and when she asks about the picture
 I wonder what you'll tell her
 'cause the world's gone public,
 and you can't hide me forever
 and you could cover the tracks
 we left in the sand
 the pictures you took only show my feet,
 long & skinny & tan
 and that was my favorite day
 warm and bright and grand
 and full of hopes about to dash
 on the shores of lake michigan
 it would be easy enough to smile and say
 I was just a good friend
 and if you give me at least that much
 then I'll understand
 'cause those were younger actors
 playing our parts
 we wouldn't know our lines now,
 but once we, we knew them by heart
 sometimes we danced around the lines,
 sometimes they shifted in the dirt
 sometimes the weight was on my side,
 sometimes you carried the hurt
 but will you be as honest as you can
 or dismiss me with a sideways glance
 and pray I'll understand?
 'cause that was my favorite day
 warm & bright & grand
 and full of hopes about to dash
 on the shores of lake michigan
 it would be easy enough to smile and say
 she was just a good friend
 and if you give me at least that much
 then I'll understand