It was evening when the message came I came to meet you at your place I was anxious when the buzzer rang Grateful that you let me in You had some things of mine there for me You carry many things to say And there we were while leaves were falling On the walk You asked me if I'd seen someone In the time since we've been through I tell you that I've seen somebody You tell me then that you have too And then we hit a wall of silence The distance 'aint an easy thing And there we were while leaves were falling On the long long walk With tenderness writ on our faces No bitterness writ on our hearts It really was a thing of beauty The way we found forgiveness there A million other things were said On the walk The summer now is all but gone Mysterious as it had come I gather up your chilly fingers And wrap them up to keep them warm And in that way we found a park bench In the square at washington And there we were while leaves were falling On the long long walk With tenderness writ on our faces No bitterness writ on our hearts It really was a thing of beauty The way we found forgiveness there A million other things were said On the walk About a billion other things were said On the walk