Retirement

I didn’t know that you were leaving us today
I guess I thought that you would always choose to stay
I know you know that I will miss you being here
I know you’ve thought about this change in your veneer
I sometimes want to freeze the moments in our time
And activate the breeze and blow it in the pines
I am leaving but you can’t deny the way
I’ve thought it through and it’s got to be today
The summer’s gone and I have looked around
The need for me is not what I have found
Of evergreen and lasting winter till it thaws
To take the chance to know what’s hidden in the claws
Life’s just a moment and it’s not where you have been
It’s not where you’re gonna go, it’s in the room you’re in
I didn’t know that you were leaving us today
I guess I thought that you would always choose to stay
I know you know that I will miss you being here
I know you’ve thought about this change in your career
Of evergreen and lasting winter till it thaws
To take the chance to know what’s hidden in the claws
And thank you for this time and it won’t go away
The winter’s calling me and, baby, I can’t stay