My Opening Farewell

Opening Farewell



Baby stands before an open window

Looking so far away

He can almost feel the southern winds blow

Gently touching his restless day



He turns from his window to me

Sad smile his apology,

Sad eyes reaching to the door



Daylight loses to another evening

And still he spares me the word "Goodbye"

Gits alone beside me fighting his feelings

Struggles to speak, but in the end can only cry



Suddenly, it's so hard to find

The sound of the words to speak his troubled mind

So I'm offering these to him as if to be kind

There's a train every day

Leaving either way

There's a world you know

There's a way to go

You'll soon be gone, it's just as well

This is my opening farewell



A child's drawing is left there on the table

And a woman's silk is lying on the floor

I would keep them here if I were able

To lock you safe behind this open door



Suddenly its so clear to me

That I've asked you to see what you may never see

Now my kind words find their way back to me



There's a train every day

Leaving either way

There's a world you know

I've got a way to go

I'll soon be gone, it's just as well

This is my opening farewell

This is my opening farewell