John & Mary
The Open Window
She walked away with the ring in her handThe back door open, scattered coins on her night standThe room around her so silent and stillThe echoes of the voices lingered from a timeWhen so long ago and far awayHow sweet the fiddle bow did playThe smiles around the table as they talked intimatelyWhen she would leave them her children aloneTheir cries and protests made her want to stay back homeIn isolation she worked into nightHer hands all calloused from the twisted vines she'd fightThen she'd think of times so long agoThe dinner embers still aglowThe smiles around the table as they talked intimatelyThe window was openThe daughter was paleThe steam pipes were broken and her handFroze to the railWhen so long ago and far awayHow sweet the fiddle bow did playThe smiles around the table as they talked intimatelyThe grief lay all around herNo food, heat, just warLetras de cancionesShe looked in the tarnished mirror, her glowing eyesTraveled to a placeWhere they would drink and dance on dusty florid daysThe little boy sat and polished his shoesHe'd rub them with a cloth so shined he couldn't loseA small green vase for his mom he wished to winTo bring the life back to the face that'd always beenFull of love and life a sparkle layA mother's tear to make her stayThe sky grew dark, the rain clouds pourShe wouldn't see her anymoreSo long ago and far away, how sweet the fiddle bow did playThe smiles around the table as they talked intimatelyThe window was openThe daughter was paleThe steam pipes were broken and her handFroze to the rail.
From Letras Mania