[Verse 1]
I sang the song slowly as she stood in the shadows
She stepped to the light as my silver strings spun
She called with her eyes to the tune I’s a-playing
But the song it was long and I’d only begun

[Verse 2]
Through a bullet of light, her face was reflecting
The fast fading words that rolled from my tongue
With a long-distance look, her eyes was on fire
But the song it was long and there was more to be sung

[Verse 3]
My eyes danced a circle across her clear outline
With her head tilted sideways, she called me again
As the tune drifted out, she breathed hard through the echo
But the song it was long and it was far to the end

[Verse 4]
I glanced at my guitar and played it pretending
That of all the eyes out there, I could see none
As her thoughts pounded hard like the pierce of an arrow
But the song it was long and it had to get done

[Verse 5]
As the tune finally folded, I laid down the guitar
And then looked for the girl who’d stayed for so long
But her shadow was missing for all of my searching
So I picked up my guitar and began the next song