Fast tempo English-style ballad with 12-string guitar backing. It's a love song with themes of loss, regret and death.
Semi-finalist award in the lyrics category of the UK Song Contest.
lyrics
Verse
So I take my leave
Down that same old road;
Distance can deceive
[How] But those green hills glowed.
Bridge
Thinking of you but travelling alone
Nearly turned my heart to stone;
There at my side like a ghostly bride
You kept me for your own.
Walk another mile
Trying not to turn;
Paint on a new smile, [oh yeah,]
Stay bright, but don't burn.
Lady at her door
Watching her last day;
One look then no more,
Life took me away.
The same sun shone through you
All those lonely days;
And now it's shining through
My dreams like x-rays.
Bridge 2
Closing the door, walking out in the light
I forget you a while and I can live
Till I'm adrift on the waves of the night,
Then I ask how much more I can give.
So I take my leave
Of time and sense and joy,
Of love I still believe
Nothing could destroy.
I drink to your charms
And love in your eyes
Though you left my arms
Like a deer that flies.
So I take my leave
Down that same old road;
Distance can deceive
But how those green hills glowed.
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