It's a lonely road For the tired man And you can see it in your face And you'll be home in spring I can wait 'til then I heard you're on the big train
And oh, this too shall pass This loneliness won't last for long I wasn't there to take his place I was ten thousand miles away
So when you hear my voice When you say my name May it never give you pain But I don't want to go But it's time to leave You'll be on my mind, my destiny
And I won't fight it in vain I'll love you just the same I couldn't know what's in your mind But I saw the pictures, you're looking fine
And there was a time When I stood in line for love, for love, for love But I let you go, oh, I let you go And he fell apart With his broken heart And this blood this blood this blood Oh, it drains from my skin, it does