Johnson Michael – My Opening Farewell lyrics

The lady stands before the open window
Staring so far away
She can almost feel the southern wind blow
Almost touching her restless day
She turns from the window to me
Sad smile her apology
Sad eyes reaching for the door
Daylight loses to another evening
And still she spares me the word, good-bye
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
Words that would help her speak her troubled mind
I'm offering these to her, as if to be kind

There's a train every day leaving either way
There is a train every day 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

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 every day leaving either way
There is a train every day leaving either way
There is a train every day leaving either way
There is a train every day 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