How Close They Must Be

On a park bench one sunny afternoon Sat a young boy and a girl about seventeen As we stood so closely by watched them hold each other's hands On their faces love had written we're making plans Then he said to her you're my guiding light Then she said to him you make my whole world seem so bright Then we saw their books of Braille and that neither one could see And I thought how close they must be Such tenderness my eyes have never seen Two young lovers both just in their teens Though their world gives them no light They see much more than you and me Don't you know how close they must be Then a car stopped just a few steps away And a voice said Jim and Jeannie it's time to go With their hands still clutched so tight Helping each other to the car Can you imagine just how close they are Don't you know how close they must b--e