Evening

(album: It's Four In The Morning - 1972)

Lying here beside you in the shadows
With your body close to mine
I can't help but wish that I could
Have you here beside me all the time

Knowing that I cannot keep you
From your going when the day is done
Makes me wish that I was tall enough
To reach the sky and stop the sun

Now I can see the evening shadows
Slipping silent cross the floor
And I curse the day for coming to an end
You'll fix your face, comb your hair
And leave my arms once more
But when tomorrow comes
We'll watch the evening shadows fall again

When we're here together I don't question
Why you came or why you go
I'm sure you have your reasons
But your being here is all I have to know

Knowing when you come to me
There's nothing I can do to make you stay
Just like all the other times
You'll leave me at the ending of the day

Now I can see the evening shadows
Slipping silent cross the floor
And I curse the day for coming to an end
You'll fix your face, comb your hair
And leave my arms once more
But when tomorrow comes
We'll watch the evening shadows fall again...