The Best Thing lyrics

I was his foreigner

And he was mine

We ate on terraces

And drank the cheapest wine

And he believed in me

Down by the serpentine

How was I to know

It was the best thing

To come along for a long time?

I turned the page

And saw three children with smiles

I looked to see

What I could make of the youngest child

And as she blew the candles out

She turned five

How was I to know

It was the best thing

To come along for a long time?

What do the people at the end of the world do

About time? What about time?

Their secret sleeps with me

What do the people at the end of the world do

About time? What about time?

Their secret sleeps with me

• Artist:Carly Simon
• Album:Carly Simon (1971)