The People That You Never Get To Love Lyrics - Live At Tavern On The Green - Nancy Lamott

You're browsing through 

A second hand bookstore 

And you see him 

In non-fiction 

V through why 

She looks up 

From World War Two 

And then you catch 

His catching you 

Catching his eye 

And you quickly turn away 

Your wishful stare 

And take a sudden interest 

In your shoes 

If you only had the courage 

But you don't she turns 

And leaves and you both lose 

And you think about 

The people 

That you never get to love 

It's not as if you even 

Have the chance 

So many worth 

A second life 

But rarely do you get 

A second glance 

Until fate cuts 

In on your dance 

And you'll see him on a train 

That you've just missed 

At a bus stop 

Where your bus will never stop 

Or in a passing Buick 

When you've been pulled over 

By a traffic cop 

Or you'll share an elevator 

Just you two 

And you'll rise 

In solemn silence 

To your floor 

Like the fool 

You are you get off 

And he leaves your life 

Behind a closing door 

And you think about 

The people 

That you never get to love 

The poem you intended to begin 

The saddest words 

That anyone has ever said 

Are "Lord what might have been" 

But no one said you get to win 

Still you're never gonna miss 

What you don't know 

And you don't know 

Who you'll meet 

At half past three 

It could be a total stranger 

Who looks something 

Just exactly much like me 

One of the people 

That you never get to love 

One of the people 

That you never get to love 

The people 

That you never get to love