In the Time We've Got

I took you to the place where I was born

You said that it was just as I'd described

We moved in soon after the days turned warm

just in time to see the spring arrive

I watched you through the windows in our room

Your hair grew long under the arbor shade

Our love was new, but the hour grew late too soon

How suddenly that honeyed light would fade

You had the city in you

Always in the way you moved

were the skyline and the avenues

You had the city in you, I knew

Always in the way you moved

were the skyline and the avenues

When the autumn came,

the leaves turned one by one,

'til the barren trees were left to stand alone

You still felt the same, as since we had begun,

but a longing crept into the eyes I'd known

I watched you pack; I was rooted to the spot

We fell asleep a while beneath the oak

"It's our job to live as we can in the time we've got,"

was written in the note I found when I woke

You had the city in you

Always in the way you moved

were the skyline and the avenues

You had the city in you, I knew

So before the weary ache wore through,

you slipped back into the avenues

You had the city in you.("It's our job to live as we can in the time we've got")

Always in the way you moved

were the skyline and the avenues

You had the city in you, I knew("It's our job to live as we can in the time we've got")

So before the weary ache wore through,

you slipped back into the avenues