Operator

number please

it's been so many years

Will she remember

my old voice

while I fight the tears

Hello hello

there is this Martha

This is old Tom Frost

And I am calling

long distance

don't worry 'bout the cost

'Cause it's been forty years

or more now

Martha please recall

Meet me out for coffee

where we'll talk about it all

And those were days

of roses poetry and prose

And Martha all I had

was you and all

you had was me

There was no tomorrows

we packed away

our sorrows

And we'd save them

for a rainy day

And I feel

so much older now

and you're much older too

How's your husband

And how's the kids

You know that I

got married too

Lucky that you found

someone to make

you feel secure

'Cause we were all

so young and foolish

now we are mature

And those were days

of roses poetry and prose

And Martha all I had

was you and all

you had was me

There was no tomorrows

we packed away

our sorrows

And we'd save them

for a rainy day

And I was always

so impulsive

I guess that I still am

And all that really

mattered then

was that I was a man

I guess that our

being together

was never meant to be

And Martha Martha

I love you can't you see

And those were days

of roses poetry and prose

And Martha all I had

was you and all

you had was me

There was no tomorrows

we packed away

our sorrows

And we'd save them

for a rainy day

And I remember

quiet evenings

trembling close to you...