Michael Johnson - My Opening FarewellLyrics

The lady stands before the open window Staring so far away She can almost feel the southern wind blow Almost touching her restless days She turns from the window to me A sad smile, her apology Sad eyes reaching for the door Daylight loses to another evening And still she spares me the word goodbye She sits alone beside me fighting her feelings She struggles to speak but in the end can only cry Suddenly, it's so hard to find The words that would help her speak her troubled mind I'm offering these to her as if to be kind There's a train everyday, leaving either way There's a train everyday, leaving either way There is a world you know There is a way to go, there is a world you know And we'll soon be gone , it's just as well This is my opening farewell A child's drawing on the table A woman's silk lying on the floor And I would keep them here if I were able To lock them safe behind my open door Suddenly it's so clear to me I've asked her to see what she may never see Now my kind words find their way back to me There is a train everyday, leaving either way There is a train everyday, leaving either way There is a train everyday, leaving either way There is a train everyday, leaving either way There is a world you know There is a way to go, there is a world you know And we'll soon be gone , it's just as well This is my opening farewell