Saw her by the riverside
Looking like a blushing bride and glowing
Eyes as clear as mid-July
Lips still damp from a kiss goodbye, glowing
She was a lover who was never mine
But I can't forget the way she shined
Moon and the stars and the sun combined
She was glowing, she was glowing
Walking by the riverside
As though created by the tide, glowing
Dressed in document and song
Smile surpassing right and wrong, glowing
Other thoughts were banished by the curve of her hand
And the perfect footprints in the dampened sand
There was nothing left to contemplate or to understand
She was glowing, she was glowing
And when I left the riverside
My heart she still occupied, glowing
She told her life in serenade
With every movement that she made, glowing
She was a lover who was never mine
But I can't forget the way she shined
Moon and the stars and the sun combined
She was glowing, she was glowing