Used to be by my side, now you've gone away
Do you even care that I'm crying every day?
Wondering where you are, hurting deep inside
Tried to erase these feelings, believe me I've tried
Darling without you I'm really not okay
My heart is torn, my weeks are dull and gray
For you to come back to me, is what I pray
Now wanting to face the world, all I do his hide
Now you've gone away
We used to be so close, how did our love decay?
Trusted you, but with my heart you did play
Left with no dignity, self respect or pride
Lost count of the many tears I've cried
Can't help recalling everything you ever did say
Now you've gone away
A Rondeau is a French form, 15 lines long, consisting of three stanzas: a quintet, a quatrain, and a
sestet with a rhyme scheme as follows: aabba aabR aabbaR. Lines 9 and 15 are short - a
refrain (R) consisting of a phrase taken from line one. The other lines are longer (but all of the
same metrical length).
