The Open Door

The Open Door

Come walk awhile with me, my love
Come walk awhile with me
Together as we were before
Yet still I yearn for so much more
So let us walk to yonder hill
Where once we sat so calm and still
With Nature cloaked in Sunday best
While we took leave to take our rest

But now I must take you back, my love
But now I must take you back
Visiting time is nearly over
Birdsong will so soon sound
And I must return to a world
Where I cannot be found

Come sit awhile with me, my love
Come sit awhile with me
And I will kiss away that frown
Together we shall sit us down
On the dew covered night time grass
Until dread morning comes to pass
Daybreak locates our night time tryst
In each other’s arms we exist

But now I must take you back, my love
But now I must take you back
Visiting time is nearly over
Birdsong will so soon sound
And I must return to a world
Where I cannot be found

Come stay awhile with me, my love
Come stay awhile with me
For I refuse to let you go
Looking at graves row upon row
Though that cold stone may bear my name
Like the love I’ve come to reclaim
Still no allowance will be made
Nor can my debt be left unpaid

But now I must take you back, my love
But now I must take you back
Visiting time is nearly over
Birdsong will so soon sound
And I must return to a world
Where I cannot be found

Come share your world with me, my love
Come share your world with me
I need for you to understand
That we must live in this dark land
Though you puzzle how it can be
That I am back for you to see
If only I could stay longer
And wait for you to be stronger

But now I must take you back, my love
But now I must take you back
Visiting time is nearly over
Birdsong will so soon sound
And I must return to a world
Where I cannot be found

Each night I come to you, my love
Each night I come to you
But find you so profoundly sad
Your sadness drives me nearly mad
In pain I left you on your own
My love could only be on loan
Death dismantled our love so true
By separating me from you

But now I must bid goodbye, my love
But now I must bid goodbye
Visiting time is almost over
Alarms will soon shriek sound
And I must return to my world
But you must not be found

You need to understand, my love
You need to understand
That when I came into your mind
I left my dreadful world behind
But I can tell just one thing more
I entered silent through a door
Confusing as this no doubt seems
It was the door left open by your dreams!