Jackson Browne - My opening farewell
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Tuning: D A D G B E
[Intro]
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[Verse]
A lady stands before an open window
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Staring so far away
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She can almost feel the southern wind blow
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Almost touching her restless day
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[Chorus]
She turns from her window to me Sad smile her apology Sad eyes reaching to the door
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[Verse]
Daylight loses to another evening
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And still she spares me the word goodbye
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And sits alone beside me fighting her feelings
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Struggles to speak but in the end can only cry
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[Chorus]
Suddenly it's so hard to find The sound of the words to speak her troubled mind
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So I'm offering these to her as if to be kind
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There's a train everyday leaving either way
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There's a world, you know
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There's a way to go And you'll soon
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be gone, that's just as well This is my opening farewell
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[Verse]
A child's drawings left there on the table
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And a woman's silk lying on the floor
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And I would keep them here if I were able
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Lock her safe behind this open door
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[Chorus]
Suddenly it's so clear to me That I'd asked her to see what she may never see
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And now my kind words find their way back to me
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There's a train everyday leaving either way
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There's a world, you know
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You got a way to go And I'll soon
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believe, i's just as well This is my opening farewell
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[Outro]
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