I met her sadly in the slowly
falling rain
Crying softly in her loveliness
and pain
Knowing no one needin' someone
bad as me
And she told me as I held her
trembling hand
Walking slowly how she'd never
known a man
Living lonely in her cottage by
the sea
When the morning came her tears
had changed to laughter
And before the night her heart
beat close to mine
And I thought as she lay
sleeping bout the secrets she
was keeping
Hidden somewhere in the silence
of the shadows of her mind
In the morning as I wakened with
the dawn
Without warning I could feel
that she was gone
Leaving nothing but her silence
next to me
And lonely footprints that I
followed in the sand
Walking slowly for I knew where
they would end
Disappearing in the silence of
the sea
And I sometimes hear the echoe
of her laughter
As I search for what I know I'll
never find
For the answer I was seeking was
the secrets she's still keeping
Hidden somewhere in the silence
of the shadows of her mind