Twenty-One Times

She saw the sun go down twenty-one times
Twenty-one times in thirty-five years
She saw the sun go down
She thought there’d be a million
And she thought that she would see them
But she saw the sun go down twenty-one times

She stayed and danced all night only one time
Only one time in thirty-five years
She stayed and danced all night
The moonlight fell like laughter
On her happy ever after
But she stayed and danced all night only one time

And over new England
Geese are flying south
A November night fall
Settles round about
While a lighthouse calls another home

She walked away from love so many times
So many times in thirty-five years
She walked away from love
And hearing lesser voices
She turned them into choices
But she walked away from love so many times

And over new England
Geese are flying south
A November night fall
Settles round about
While a lighthouse calls another home

Hearing lesser voices
She turned them into choices
She walked away from love
She stayed and danced all night
She saw the sun go down twenty-one times