Let Me Love You While I Can

I wrote this song when I was in high school.  It's typical of the songs I wrote back then - fatalistic, abjectly devoted, and chock-full of words like "frangible."

I don't want to waste this moment
You are tangible and near
I wish time could stop forever
You would linger with me here
You swear you'll always love me
But I cannot ignore
How words can be so volatile
I've been hurt too much before

CHORUS:
So let me love you while I can
For a lifetime or a day
With all the power I possess
Cherish you in every way
Let no good deed go undone
Let no kind word go unsaid
Let me love you while I can
And the future lies ahead

There's so much I want to tell you
So much you have to see
I want to give a gift to you
Of all the best in me
I want to sing a song to you
Of joy without refrain
Wrap wreaths of flowers 'round your head
And bear away your pain

CHORUS

I don't want to wait
Procrastinate
And find to my dismay
We won't have the love tomorrow
That we know we have today
Let's savor every second
Leave nothing for regret
The better things that might have been
The heart cannot forget
So let's leave nothing for regret

CHORUS

I don't want to waste this moment
You are tangible and near
There's a lifetime in this moment
Love is frangible, but here

Let me love you while I can
Let me love you while I can
Let me love you