Shadows of Her Mind

(Kris Kristofferson)



I met her sadly in the slowly fallin' rain

Cryin' softly in her loneliness and pain

Knowing no one needin' someone as bad as me

And she told me as I held her tremblin' hand

Walkin' slowly how she'd never known a man

Livin' lonely in her cottage by the sea.



When the mornin' came her tears had changed to laughter

And before the night her heart beat close to mine

And I thought as she lay sleepin' of the secret she was keepin'

Hidden somewhere in the shadows of her mind.



In the mornin' as I wakened with the dawn

Without warnin' I could feel that she was gone

Leavin' nothin' but her silence next to me

And lonely footprints that I followed in the sand

Walkin' slowly for I knew where they would end

Disappearing in the silence of the sea.



And I sometimes hear the echoes of her laughter

As I search for what I know I'll never find

For the answer I was seeking was a secret she's still keeping

Hidden somewhere in the shadows of her mind...