We were standing in an empty room
The moonlight was falling
You were holding my hand when the car
Pulled up for you
And I could have spent a life with you
But those days were over
You were calling my name when
Your face faded from view

And wasn't it you who told me
The sun would always chase the day
Wasn't it you who told me

Angels fly in the air tonight
Saying, Wasn't it just like swimming
Out on the lake
Stars collide, and the air's alive
Or was it just like those promises that you made
On our last night

I remember waking up with you
The days doing nothing
You meant more to me then
Than I think you ever knew
But you were going to be a doctor
A movie star, a poet at a Nobel seminar
I hope the world never tore that out of you

And wasn't it you who told me
The sun would always chase the day
Wasn't it you who told me

Angels fly in the air tonight
Saying, Wasn't it just like swimming
Out on the lake
Stars collide, and the air's alive
Or was it just like those promises that you made

And what ever happened to the things you loved
the songs we played
On the Indian days
What ever happened to the things you gave away
Like 'Harold and Maude' and singing

I was waving as you drove away
The sunlight was falling
You were writing backwards
In a dusty windowpane

Angels fly in the air tonight
Saying, Wasn't it just like swimming
Out on the lake
Stars collide, and the air's alive
Or was it just like those promises that you made
On our last night