[Verse 1]
I sung the song slowly
As he stood in the shadows
And he stepped to the light
As my silver strings spun
And he called with his eyes
To the tune I was playing
But the song, it was long
And I’d only begun

[Verse 2]
Through a bullet of light
His face was reflecting
All the fast fading words
That rolled from my tongue
With a long-distance look
His eyes were on fire
But the song, it was long
And there was more to be sung

[Verse 3]
My eyes danced a circle
Across his clear outline
With his head tilted sideways
He called me again
And as the tune drifted out
He breathed hard through the echo
But the song, it was long
And it was far to the end
[Verse 4]
So I glance at my guitar
And played it pretending
That of all the eyes out there
I could see none
But the thoughts pounded hard
Like the pierce of an arrow
But the song it was long
And it had to get done

[Verse 5]
So when the tune finally folded
I laid down the guitar
And I looked for the guy
Who’d stayed for so long
But his shadow was missing
For all of my searching
So I picked up my guitar
And began the next song