[ti:My Opening Farewell] [ar:Alison Krauss] [al:Paper Airplane] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]My Opening Farewell - Alison Krauss & Union Station [00:24.50]My love stands before the open window [00:30.11]Staring so far away [00:35.94]He can almost feel the southern wind blow [00:42.20]Almost touching my restless days [00:50.04]He turns from the window to me [00:55.54]Sad smile his apology [00:59.91]Sad eyes reaching for the door [01:07.60]Daylight loses to another evening [01:13.42]And still he spares me the word goodbye [01:19.05]He sits alone beside me fighting his feelings [01:25.12]He struggles to speak but in the end I only cry [01:33.36]Suddenly it's so hard to find [01:38.73]The words that would help me speak my troubled mind [01:44.73]He's offering these to me as if to be kind: [01:48.83]There is a train everyday leaving either way [01:54.85]There is a train everyday leaving either way [02:00.91]There is a world you know [02:05.79]And there is a way to go [02:10.98]And we'll soon be gone it's just as well [02:17.43]This is my opening farewell [02:35.56]A child's drawing is on the table [02:41.29]A woman's silk lying on the floor [02:47.37]And he would keep me here if I were able [02:53.24]And lock us safe behind this open door [03:01.11]But suddenly it's so clear to me [03:06.74]I've asked him to see what he may never see [03:12.62]Now his kind words find their way back to me [03:16.89]There is a train everyday leaving either way [03:23.08]There is a world you know [03:27.82]And there is a way to go [03:33.01]And we'll soon be gone it's just as well [03:39.39]This is my opening farewell