MY HEART HAS BEEN CAPTURED
JUST LIKE A BUTTERFLY IN A LITTLE NET
BY ONE WITH SUCH A SWEET FACE
HIS EYES, OH HIS EYES
ARE PIERCING, DARK, BROWS ARCHED
WHEN HE LOOKS AT ME WITH THOSE EYES
I LOSE THE POWER OF USING MY BRAIN
WHITE BLOND HAIR, FALLING IN THOSE EYES
NEARLY TO HIS SHOULDER, NO TWO HAIRS THE SAME LENGTH
ALAS HE ONLY COMES WHEN I'M ASLEEP
HE'S A DREAM WALKER, HE COMES TO ME
IN THE NIGHT TAKES ME BY THE HAND
AND OFF INTO THE NIGHT GO WE
HIS NAME IS PATCHES, HE LOVES THE FOREST
WE WALK AND TALK THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH
AS WE WERE HEADED HOME LAST NIGHT
HE PULLED ME INTO HIS ARMS
SAID HE LOVED ME AND
CAN'T LIVE ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT ME
AND WHEN I LOOKED INTO HIS EYES
I KNEW THERE WOULD NEVER BE ANYONE BUT HIM.
NOW I HAVE A DECISION, IF WE LIVE IN MY DREAMS
PATCHES WILL LIVE FOREVER, BUT IF WE HAVE
A NORMAL LIFE AMONG THE TREES OF THE FOREST
PATCHES WILL AGE AS A NORMAL MAN
IF YOU HAVEN'T GUESSED PATCHES IS AN ELF
WHO LIVES FAR BACK IN THE FOREST
IF MY LOVE IS TRUE, WE WILL LIVE IN A DREAM
THAT SHALL NEVER END.
BUT PATCHES HAD OTHER IDEAS
THERE CAME A KNOCK AT MY DOOR
AND AS I FELL INTO HIS ARMS
I LOOKED INTO THOSE EYES AND SAID
"MY LOVE, I VOW THAT YOU WILL NEVER REGRET
THIS, FOR YOU HAVE GIVEN ME YOUR LIFE"
PATCHES ONLY SAID "LETS GO HOME"
THAT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO,
AND PATCHES LEFT ME TODAY,
BUT THAT'S OK I'M MEETING HIM TOMORROW
AND THEN WE'LL BE TOGETHER FOR ETERNITY.