Ask Me Now (07-23-51) - Thelonious Monk

Once you said you loved me

Placed no one above me

Prayed for me to make that vow

What dumb thing did I say

So busy being blasé

How I wish you’d ask me now

I was vain and bind then

Prone to be unkind then

Wish they’d turn back time somehow

Then I was audacious

I ignored what was precious

How I wish you’d ask me now

I thought then I’d always be

Footloose and fancy free

How could I have been so blind

What I once made light of turned out to be true lve

Once my ego ruled me

Flattered me and fooled me

More times than the laws allow

You asked me could I care

My attention was elsewhere

How I wish you’d ask me now