Where the Charles River Flows

[Verse 1] He saw her on the bridge, gazing at the pond and surrounding city, Her mahogany hair danced across her shoulders, looking so pretty. She blinked three times and let out an exasperated sigh, But she smiled through the cold, as he whispered, “Hi.” [Pre-Chorus] “Don’t say anything, just be with me now.” She nodded, still uncertain but softened somehow. “Boston sparkles at night, let’s walk around” he said, with reassuring grace, Caught between the past, the future, and the redness of each other's face. [Chorus] Under the sky, where the Charles River flows, A city of history, where destiny grows. Hearts collide when stories are told, The bridges they crossed made them grow cold. [Verse 2] They strolled through the streets, hands clutched in affection, The poet stumbled with words when she faced his direction. “Why so tense?” she teased with a sparkle in her eye, “I’m not,” he lied, as frigid wind whipped by. [Pre-Chorus] Her laughter, like music, and broke through the air, He caught himself falling for her, he must beware. “Why so happy?” he countered with a grin, “I go with the flow, like this river, and life lets me in.” [Chorus] Under the sky, where the Charles River flows, A city of history, where destiny grows. Hearts collide when stories are told, The bridges they crossed made them grow cold. [Verse 3] “I really like you,” he dared to confess, Her smile strained to hide her distress. “It’s complicated,” she puffed her cheeks out wide, Their tangled emotions could no longer hide. He tried to explain himself, but she hushed him with a smile, Then she offered her hand, and they walked another mile. [Chorus] Under the sky, where the Charles River flows, A city of history, where destiny grows. Hearts collide when stories are told, The bridges they crossed made them grow cold. [Verse 4] She pleaded with him, “Can we please just be and not fortune tell?” He stayed silent with her footsteps, then the first flurries fell. She pulled him to the present, catching snowflakes on her tongue. And soon they crossed the same bridge where all this had begun. [Outro] Hope lingered in the background, but seemed hard to obtain. She was all heart, and he was all brain. Two souls in a city where their past holds tight, both searching for something different on that wintry night. [Chorus] Under the sky, where the Charles River flows, A city of history, where destiny grows. Hearts collide when stories are told, The bridges they crossed made them grow cold. [End]