Nightjar

Straight out the side door and away it went Gone like caution to the winds All my devotion, all my good intent Not worth a sigh Lord when it ends Walk the red light with a lonely child Count the rainbows in her eyes And hear the night bird when it cries All plans abandoned like the old Wild West So as I end I will begin Curled up beside her and I made my nest From broken promises and skin Walk the red light with a lonely child Count the moonbeams in her hair And watch her vanish in the air Go pin your heartache on the storm enraged Go hang your pride out on the moon We'll place a violet under every page And honey-pie, I'll be there soon So soon