My Opening Farewell

Baby stands before that open window looking so far away He can almost feel the southern winds blow Gently touching his restless day He turns from his window to me Sad smile his apology sad eyes reaching to the door Daylight loses to another evening and still he spares me the word goodbye He sits alone beside me fighting his feelings Struggles to speak but in the end can only cry Suddenly it's so hard to find The sound of the words to speak his troubled mind So I'm offering these to him as if to be kind There's a train every day leaving either way There's a world you know there's a way to go and You'll soon be gone it's just as well this is my opening farewell A child's drawings left on the table and a woman's silk lying on the floor I would keep them here if I were able To lock you safe behind this open door But suddenly it's so clear to me That I asked you to see what you may never see And now my kind words find their way back to me There's a train every day leaving either way There's a world you know got a way to go and You'll soon be gone it's just as well this is my opening farewell From Bonnie Raitt "Sweet Forgiveness" Warner Brothers 1977 Atlantic Music Corp/Open Window Music 1970