Story Behind The Song

This about unwillingly leaving someone. The lady mentioned was an elderly neighbour seen on the same day, which turned out to be her last day.

Lyrics

Verse

So I take my leave
Down that same old road;
Distance can deceive
[How] But those green hills glowed.


Bridge

Thinking of you but travelling alone
Nearly turned my heart to stone;
There at my side like a ghostly bride
You kept me for your own.

Walk another mile
Trying not to turn;
Paint on a new smile, [oh yeah,]
Stay bright, but don't burn.

Lady at her door
Watching her last day;
One look then no more,
Life took me away.

The same sun shone through you
All those lonely days;
And now it's shining through
My dreams like x-rays.

Bridge 2

Closing the door, walking out in the light
I forget you a while and I can live
Till I'm adrift on the waves of the night,
Then I ask how much more I can give.

So I take my leave
Of time and sense and joy,
Of love I still believe
Nothing could destroy.

I drink to your charms
And love in your eyes
Though you left my arms
Like a deer that flies.

So I take my leave
Down that same old road;
Distance can deceive
But how those green hills glowed.