Michael Johnson My Opening Farewell song lyrics

The lady stands before the open window

staring so far away

she can almost feel the southern wind blow

almost touching her restless days

She turns from the window to me

a sad smile, her apology

sad eyes reaching for the door

Daylight loses to another evening

and still she spares me the word goodbye

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

the words that would help her speak her troubled mind

i'm offering these to her as if to be kind

There's a train everyday, leaving either way

there's a train everyday, 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

A 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 everyday, leaving either way

there is a train everyday, leaving either way

there is a train everyday, leaving either way

there is a train everyday, 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