Serendipity at Broadway Market

it’s so strange that we met

since we’ve only been friends on the internet

was I anything like you imagined?

can you believe I went to school for fashion?

am I anything like you would imagine?

I almost dropped a book

after a voice told me to look

it was like a scene from one of those movies

that I’ve heard so much about

best believe I couldn’t hear a thing

told myself you were just a fling

could never be one of those people

who find true love and be a staple

you were my first love

it goes to show you should look up from a mobile phone

from time to time

you just never quite know who you might find

it’s just a shame you cannot see

how much you still mean to me

it’s just a shame you didn’t see

the look on my face that day

I’m sad I didn’t get to say “hey”

the memory just won’t fade away

best believe I grabbed my phone

to see if you have been alone

for some time like me

imagine if I had dropped that book

that could have landed on my foot

what a funny story we could tell

if only you could have seen

how you made my eyes gleam

sometimes I still feel nineteen

when I used to live in Bethnal Green

and interned at that fashion magazine

it just goes to show you

how life can be so obscene

I’m not sure if you would like to get to know me once again

go back in time to when we were friends

help each other meet both ends

oh maybe it’s not meant to be

when I want him to be with me

even after all these years

can’t believe how many tears

for you to simply not remember

how we planned to be together

I bet you didn’t plan

for me to end up as your man

if you’re wondering if I turned out of the blue

I’ll simply call it ‘serendipity’

and leave the rest to you