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The Ballad of Remington Steele

by Tanya Reed

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I was born alone and I'll die alone

At least I thought so

Until today

A child on the run and isolated

A frightened child still

Now more than ever

With the promise of forever

Oh, what am I going to do?

I spent my life living lies

And being a face with many names

But now, despite myself, it seems a name has stuck

Steele, Remington Steele's the name

And I don't think that will change

Beautiful and rich

I've loved them all

But there's been a hole deep inside

How can you love when you've never been loved

And how can you trust when

Everyone you've ever trusted has broken what's left of your heart

So, I locked it away

Never dreaming the day

Would come when I'd give it--

But that was before her

A homeless drifter

A liar and a theif

I've seen and done it all

I stole jewels in Mexico and paintings in France

I've posed as a prince, boxed my way across South America, and escaped death

Too many times to count

I'm an artist with such talent

But I gave it all up

For the chance, for the promise

That lay in her eyes

Passed from person to person like some kind of bomb

Escaped to the streets, they became a home

I saw things there that will haunt me forever

And without Daniel's help, I'd be there still--or dead

What was it about her that called out to me?

Was it something inside me dying to break free?

No one has ever affected me this way

And I swore they never would

But here I am with Laura

And I can't run away

So I guess this is it

Here the wanderer will stay

Remington Steele is my name

A typewriter, imagine that

I've assumed it like the others

But this one is different

Laura never looked at them this way

Not Paul, not Michael, not Douglas, not Richard, not John

Just Steele, Remington Steele

And that's who I am

Who was I before?

Just Remington Steele who didn't know his name