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 comin' 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

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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...