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

[Refrain]
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

[Refrain]
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
And I would keep them here if I were able
And lock her safe behind this open door

[Refrain]
But suddenly, it's so clear to me
That I'd ask 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 ways to go
And I'll soon believe it's just as well
This is my opening farewell