I met my old lover in the grocery store The snow was thawing Christmas Eve I stole behind her in the frozen foods And I touched her on the sleeve She didn't recognize the vase at first But then her eyes blew open wide She went to hug me and she spilled her purse And we laughed until we cried I took her groceries to the check out street Her food was totaled up in bags We stood there lost in our embarrassment As the conversation dragged We went to have ourselves a drink or two But couldn't find an open bar We bought a six-pack at the liquor store And we drank it in her car We drank our toast to innocence We drank our toast to now And tried to reach beyond the emptiness But neither one knew how She said she married her in Arlington But her hormones had been dry She wouldn't like to say she loved the man But she didn't like to lie I said the years had been a friend to her And that her eyes were still as blue But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I Sought out her gratitude She said she saw me in the record store And I must be doing well I said the audience was hell beneath But the traveling was hell We drank our toast to innocence We drank our toast to now And tried to reach beyond the emptiness But neither one knew how We drank our toast to innocence We drank our toast to time And living in our eloquence Another auld lang syne The beer was empty and our tongues were tired And running out of things to say She gave a kiss to me as I got out And I watched her drive away Just for a moment I was back at school And felt that old familiar pain And as I turned to make my way back home The snow turned into rain The snow turned into rain The snow turned into rain The snow turned into rain The snow turned into rain The snow turned into rain