you say i m hopelessly romantic i d say romantically hopeless you don t know me well cause we just met at the station and shared a vague frustration maybe that was all there is something beautiful in things that cannot last there is something beautiful in still believing that they will she went off to paris and i went back to my hometown i couldn t be by your side i shouldn t have been by anyone s side you say i m terribly kind some would say kind of terrible you all know me well we spent a few days walking and a few minutes talking baby that was all there is something beautiful in not knowing what could have been there is something beautiful in not letting the thought go she went off to paris and i went back to my hometown i couldn t be by your side i shouldn t have been by anyone s side ideals everything was right from the start there s nothing to tear us apart