Sunset

everything is slippin’ away by the minute,
if I recall right I never asked to be down in it,
I used to hit the strings ’til my fingers were sore,
I once heard her voice,
now it don’t flow anymore,
I pulled the cord from the jack,
let it fall to the floor.
the first time we met we walked under the moonlight,
she spilled her guts as she took my hand,
held it so tight,
I was the first one she told how the world would end,
the kind of talk you’d only have with an intimate friend,
I can’t remember where it stops and where it begins
she said some day the sun will burn out,
and the beauty will know no bound,
the sunset to end all sunsets,
such a shame no one will be around,
to hold hands and watch it all go down.
it’s gonna be a long, hard winter I can tell,
I stole the covers off the bed of a local hotel,
I got her voice in my head,
every night, every day,
the kind of memory sometimes I wish would go away,
I can’t ignore it ‘cause I know she was right in a way.
she said some day when we’re dead and gone,
God will put the final chorus on,
and the last note to fizzle and die,
will be the sound of a baby cry,
such a shame no one will be around,
to hold hands and watch it all go down