**Cross, Kiss** [fingerpicked acoustic guitar][Intro] [Verse 1] Hmm Cross, kiss. My love, in this quiet house Everything sounds different than before I miss your voice, I miss your step I miss you here, all around me I miss the scent of Chanel Number five Your hand softly touching my arm, And the small words at the table Whose worth I only feel now. For more than fifty years you were here My wife, my companion, my home And sometimes I still tell you everything Though only the house answers back Cross, kiss, - every evening Your hand still soft upon my face Cross, kiss, - quiet words But all our light lived in them. You had less breath But never less love Less strength, perhaps But never less heart. And now that everything moves on Nothing truly passes by For my map, my north, my south, My compass That was you[Chorus] [Verse 2] You were a child of fields and flowers Of animals, trees, grass and meadow One flower by the roadside could make The whole world fall silent for you Once you said, so soft and free: My heart dreams of a meadow full of flowers But I hope that no one ever Tramples those flowers for me That was you, dear Arlette You saw the beautiful and the small A gentle soul, a strong woman Who wanted to do good and be good Cross, kiss, every evening Your voice still stays close to me here Cross, kiss, quiet words But everything we had lives in them You had less breath But never less love Less strength, perhaps But never less heart And now that everything moves on I carry you in what I do In speaking softer, in listening better In everything, I still come to you[Chorus] What remains of you in me? Not just a name, not just time But how you gave your love And who stays softer because of you. You live on in the flowers In Tamara and in me In every small gesture of love You are still close by Cross, kiss, Arlette I love you so much Wherever I go You go with me[Outro]
