Noah
Did you wake again and call out
Just to find you were alone
Did you give yourself a reason why
You really shouldn't phone
Do you wonder why the self control
You wear from day to day
Slips into uncertainty
And then begins to fade
Can you justify the emptiness you feel
There as you lay
Can you even find some logic
In this bargain that we made
So you mumble, "ah forget it"
And you try to go to sleep
But it's there again to tell you "no"
And you begin to weep
Did you really think in running
You could leave it all behind
Have you proved a point to someone
Are you merely running blind
Did you tell yourself the loneliness
Would pass again in time
Did I tell you that the loneliness you're carrying
Was mine
She sweeps a final memory
'Neath the carpet's woven dream
Lying heavy with the dust that fell
From others that she's seen
And moves across so gently
To close an open door
In hope the dust that lingers there
Won't haunt her anymore
Did you really think in running
You could leave it all behind
Have you proved a point to someone
Are you merely running blind
Did you tell yourself a broken heart
Would mend itself in time
Did I tell you that the broken heart you're carrying
Was mine
Words and music copyright ©1981 Betty Elders/ Whistling
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