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With the man I love who loves me not, / I walked in the street-lamps' flare; / We watched the world go home that night / In a flood through Union Square.
I leaned to catch the words he said / That were light as a snowflake falling; / Ah well that he never leaned to hear / The words my heart was calling.
And on we walked and on we walked / Past the fiery lights of the picture shows -- / Where the girls with thirsty eyes go by / On the errand each man knows.
And on we walked and on we walked, / At the door at last we said good-bye; / I knew by his smile he had not heard / My heart's unuttered cry.
With the man I love who loves me not / I walked in the street-lamps' flare -- / But oh, the girls who can ask for love / In the lights of Union Square.