Before I Gaze At You Again
Before I gaze at you again
I'll need a time for tears.
Before I gaze at you again
Let hours turn to years.
I have so much forgetting to do
Before I try to gaze again at you.
Stay away until you cross my mind
Barely once a day.
Til the moment I awake and find
I can smile and say;
That I can gaze at you again
Without a blush or qualm,
My eyes will shine like new again,
My manner poised and calm,
So stay far away,
My love, far away...
Til I forget I gazed at you today...
---- music and lyrics by Frederick Lowe & Alan Jay Lerner, taken from Camelot (1968).
