If time were not a moving thing and I could make it stay This hour of love we share would always be There'd be no coming day to shine a morning light And make us realize our night is over When you walk away from me, there is no place to put my hand Except to shade my eyes against the sun that rises o'er the land I watch you walk away somehow I have to let you go Now it's over If you knew just how I really feel, you might return and yet There are so many times that people have to love and then forget Oh, there might have been a way Somehow I have to force myself to say, "It's over" So I turn my back, turn my collar to the wind Move along in silence trying not to think at all I set my feet before me, walk the silent street before me Now it's over If time were not a moving thing and I could make it stay This hour of love we share would always be There'd be no coming day to shine a morning light And make us realize our night is over It's ooooooooover