Garnet Rogers - At A High Window lyrics

Has it been all these years Since last we were parted? I think of you often this time of the day I'm at a high window Overlooking the harbour Looking into my heart I find nothing to say. The moon shines like silver coins Tossed on the water A soft rain has sweetened the cool evening air And now your memory comes round Like a beggar, beside me And plucks at my sleeve And says "pretend you don't care." We stood facing each other At the moment of parting The parting gla** bitter as gall in my mouth For though you stood there before me Your heart had turned homeward Sure as the geese in the autumn turn south Hope rose in my throat Like a bird at a window I started to speak And your eyes looked away And then the silence grew heavy And the moment pa**ed by us And so in the end There was nothing to say. And there are nights I pretend still I told you I loved you In that last wasted moment as your hand drew away. But you rolled up your windows And my voice wouldn't carry I watched the back of your head As your car drove away And I've prayed for forgiveness For the sins I've committed When my steps were unsteady And I faltered and fell But for the sin of my silence There can be no forgiveness And this pain in my heard Is a foretaste of hell.