So Long, My Love

And the night that you left me

Was the dawn of a warm, wonderful summer day

Promised roses and sunshine

Washing anger and heartaches away

So I opened the door, let the sun – in his grace -

Clear the dust all around

And in shimmery light I could see

All the trash and the waste on the ground

The picture of us

Fell off the wall when you bashed the door

I changed the glass

Hung it up once more

I remember a time

When a kiss could heal the world’s disdain

I'll miss the bliss we had, I'll miss the pain

So long, my love

So long, my love

The porcelain vase you broke in a fight

I found every shard and I fixed it quite right

Then I saw the windows

Misty with spite that I threw

All the years, now and then

Over things I don't even know

And I see I was wrong

And I’m willing to gather those tears

That I cried and I wash the dead panes

Till again they are bright

So you see I am sorry and it wasn't all right

A last twist with the broom, crossways the room

Then I looked at my work and here's what I saw

It's the room that we shared

For so long; all the good, all the bad time's in here

Though you left with half of it

There is still enough memory to bear

But I burnished and furnished

Mend what was broken, repaired furniture

I arranged everything perfectly

My last gift to the treasure we are

It's the key with your name

I wear on a string by my heart

When I know it is there

We're not so far apart

I remember a time

When a kiss could heal the world’s disdain

I'll miss the bliss we had, I'll miss the pain

So long, my love

It's the key with your name

I wear on a string by my heart

When I know it is there

We're not so far apart.

I have to leave, lock the room for it was not meant to be

But I hope one day you'll visit it with me

So long, my love