Story Behind The Song
Dave wrote this song after a chance meeting with Sally Fingerette in Toronto. Dave and Sally started their respective careers in Columbus Ohio in the 70's and had not seen each other for years! Sally told Dave of some of her life changes and from there t
Song Description
"Sally" our heroine is a travelling musician who finds out as she on the road that her love back home has decided he wants to be free. At first she's crushed! After some thought, she realizes that, indeed life can, and MUST go on. She also realizes that h
| Song Length |
3:49 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Country |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Pleasant |
Subject |
Change, City |
| Similar Artists |
Arlo Guthrie, Harry Chapin |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
She sat lookin' out the window of Fight 802 leaving London
She knew when she arrived he'd be waitin' to talk to her alone
As she sat there on the tarmac of Flight 802 goin' to Boston
She knew when she arrived he'd tell her that he was leavin' home
Why can't love last forever? Why can't the feelin's stay strong?
Why do people hurt each other? But when it's over we carry on, carry on
Nothin' lasts forever he told her right before she left Boston
She just told herself he was talkin' about her music career
But a voice deep down inside her told her that there was a need to worry
And it gnawed at her heart til it became her greatest fear
As she sat there on the tarmac of Flight 802 leavin' London
She decided right then and there she never would arrive
So she got back off the plane of Flight 802 goin' to Boston
And headed out for France aboard an out-bound train
Why can't love last forever....
She said, "Why did we hurt each other?
Why couldn't the feelin's stay strong?
But now that it's over. This'll make one hell of a song.
I'll write a song, and carry on.