Song Description

Sound of train at night evokes sorrow of parting and thoughts of departed lover.

Lyrics

ARMS OF THE DARKNESS
Words and Music by
Mark Davies

Verse 1 Sometimes when I lie in the arms of the darkness
So lost in a world without you,
I wake to the sound and the sorrow of parting,
Listenin? to a train rollin? through.

Chorus 1 I hear the lonesome whistle blow,
OooooOoooo down the line.
It passes by my window,
Leavin? me so far behind.

Verse 2 Sometimes when I lie in the arms of the darkness
Afraid to hold on or let go,
Don?t know where this ends, or how it all started,
Why I must still love you so.

Chorus 2 I hear the lonesome whistle blow,
OooooOoooo down the line.
You?re holding me at the depot,
In your arms that one last time.

Verse 3 Sometimes when I lie in the arms of the darkness
Caught fast in a slow-movin? dream,
I?m bound for places once near and now farthest,
Where visions just ain?t what they seem.

Chorus 3 I hear the lonesome whistle blow,
OooooOoooo down the line,
I?m holdin? on to your shadow,
To a love that once was mine.

Instrumental

Verse 4 Sometimes when I lie in the arms of the darkness
I?d pay any fare to go free
To find answers to questions that always seem hardest
When dawn brings a world I can see:

Coda/Tag I ask and I wonder, whoooo I am,
And who my true love might be.
Repeat Coda/Tag, rit.

© 2003 Mark I. Davies
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