Solitude
Billie Holiday
3:28A country dance was being held in a garden I felt a bump and heard an, "Oh, beg your pardon" Suddenly, I saw polka dots and moonbeams All around a pug-nosed dream The music started, and was I the perplexed one? I held my breath and said, "May I have the next one?" In my frightened arms, polka dots and moonbeams Sparkled on a pug-nosed dream There were questions in the eyes of other dancers As we floated over the floor There were questions But my heart knew all the answers And perhaps a few things more Now, in a cottage built of lilacs and laughter I know the meaning of the words "ever after" And I'll always see polka dots and moonbeams When I kiss the pug-nosed dream