Paul Langlois - Retirement lyrics

I didn't know that you were leaving us today I guess I thought that you would always choose to stay I know you know that I will miss you being here I know you've thought about this change in your veneer I sometimes want to freeze the moments in our time And activate the breeze and blow it in the pines I am leaving but you can't deny the way I've thought it through and it's got to be today The summer's gone and I have looked around The need for me is not what I have found Of evergreen and lasting winter ‘till it thaws To take the chance to know what's hidden in the claws Life's just a moment and it's not where you have been It's not where you're gonna go, it's in the room you're in I didn't know that you were leaving us today I guess I thought that you would always choose to stay I know you know that I will miss you being here I know you've thought about this change in your career Of evergreen and lasting winter ‘till it thaws To take the chance to know what's hidden in the claws I thank you for this time and it wont go away The winter's calling me, and baby I can't stay