She came from somewhere back   Years long ago   Sentimental fools don't see   Tryin' hard to recreate   What had yet to be created once in her life      She musters a smile   For his nostalgic tale   Never coming near   What she wanted to say   Only to realize it never really was      She had a place in his life   He never made her think twice      What a fool believes, he sees   No wise man has the power   To reason away, what seems to be   Is always better than nothing   And nothing at all      Keeps sending him   Somewhere back in her long ago   Where he can still believe   There's a place in her life   Someday, somewhere, she will return      She had a place in his life   He never made her think twice   As he rises to her apology   Anybody else would surely know   He's watching her go      But what a fool believes, he sees   No wise man has the power to reason away   What seems to be   Is always better than nothing   Nothing at all