Exaltation on a Cool Kitchen Floor (Companion Version)

I wanted to come visit You waiting in the springtime When the leaves change The ground outside is aching For that newness that surrounds us As we dance back through the screen door In the twilight of mid-April But the dark won't stop the smiles That are spreading on our faces As we fall down on the kitchen floor And she's laughing about something That she had heard earlier And I can't help noticing that she Is sitting closer to me Than she ever has before