That's All, Amen, Close The Door

Richard Thompson · Other Songs - Richard Thompson

That's all, that's all there was

Say amen, close the door

She gave as much as she had to give

Please don't ask for more

Please don't ask for more



That's all, the curtain's down

The lights are up, go home

Did I care? Was I in love?

In love enough to know

In love enough to know



There's precious few that line that road

She welled from deep and overflowed

And there's no cup to hold the past

Too rich to drink, too rich to last, that's all



Well, you wish but don't wish for me

As if a wish could cheat the fall

Oh, just believe and leave it be



There's beauty in what's brief

There's beauty in what's small

That's all



There's some who dare and some who shine

And some who only drag behind

And some who reap what others sow

When memories fail, well, who's to know



That's all, that's all there was

Say amen, close the door

She gave as much as she had to give

Oh, please don't ask for more

Please don't ask for more, that's all