Bonnie Raitt — My Opening Farewell

[Verse 1] Baby stands before an open window Looking so far away He can almost feel the southern winds blow Gently touching his restless day He turns from his window to me Sad smile, his apology Sad eyes reaching to the door [Verse 2] Daylight loses to another evening And still he spares me the words "Goodbye" Sits alone beside me, fighting his feelings Struggles to speak, but in the end, can only cry [Pre-Chorus] Suddenly, it's so hard to find The sound of the words to speak his troubled mind So I'm offering these to him as if to be kind [Chorus] There's a train every day leaving either way There's a world, you know There's a way to go And you'll soon be gone, that's just as well This is my opening farewell [Verse 3] A child's drawing's left there on the table And a woman's silk is lying on the floor I would keep them here if I were able To lock you safe behind this open door [Pre-Chorus] But suddenly, it's so clear to me That I'd ask you to see what you may never see Now my kind words find their way back to me [Chorus] There's a train every day leaving either way There's a world, you know Got a way to go I'll soon be gone, it's just as well This is my opening farewell This is my opening farewell