when we said that last goodbye, half my life ago

i somehow didn't realize it was forever more

i didn't know what i was feeling then

or if i'd ever feel it again, oh but

madeleine, madeleine, i still remember

how we danced to the radio, just me and you

swaying to each mellow song, and on through the news

i guess i never mentioned loving you

didn't quite know how, oh

madeleine, madeleine, i sure miss you now

SPOKEN:  you know, i often thought of calling you,

                 madeleine, or at least of dropping you a line

                 but then i somehow felt we'd say it all

                 if we could meet but one more time

but it's funny how time slips away

till tragedy turns years back into days, oh

madeleine, madeleine, i never told you

what it really meant to me, having you near

now it's just sweet memory, of a lost one so dear

so if i never mentioned loving you, let me sing it out loud, oh

madeleine, madeleine, i sure miss you now

madeleine, madeleine, i sure miss you now

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