My Opening Farewell

[Verse 1]

The lady stands before an open window

Staring so far away

She can almost feel the southern wind blow

Almost touching her restless day

She turns from her window to me

Sad smile her apology

Sad eyes reaching to the door

[Verse 2]

Daylight loses to another evening

And still she spares me the word goodbye

And sits alone beside me fighting her feelings

Struggles to speak, but in the end can only cry

[Pre-Chorus]

Suddenly it's so hard to find

The sound of the words to speak her troubled mind

So I'm offering these to her as if to be kind

[Chorus]

There's a train every day

Leaving either way

There's a world you know

There's a way to go

And you'll soon be gone

That's just as well

This is my opening farewell

[Verse 3]

A child's drawing's left there on the table

And a woman's silk lying on the floor

Well I would keep them here if I were able

To lock her safe behind this open door

[Pre-Chorus]

But suddenly, it's so clear to me

That I'd asked her to see what she may never see

And now my kind words find their way back to me

[Chorus]

There's a train every day

Leaving either way

There's a world you know

You got a way to go

And I'll soon believe

It's just as well

This is my opening farewell

I'll soon believe

It's just as well

This is my opening farewell

Farewell