Time Can Turn on You

I had always hoped I'd be the first
To feel the time begin to tear at us
A train pulling in, stars passing on
The evening says goodbye

I had always hoped that we could stay
In a world that could but would not change
A ticket is torn, a crowd moves by
Your hand is leaving mine

Written there across your tired eyes
Are the words I hoped you'd never say
What I know you always knew
Time at times can turn you on

What a chance have we in listening to
The echo of an old song now gone
A voice is raised, a door is slammed
Another night slips by

And as our mirrors darken in the dawn
That light of a memory has kept on
Please don't say a word, your past was mine
Let nothing more be heard

Maybe years from now I'll start to understand
The reasons why a woman turns on all she knows
I see your face beneath a smoky carbon light
And it's true, time's been good to you