The Visit

Lyrics

She came to my door and I asked her inside Her face had a beauty like nothing I'd seen She was looking for someone she'd met long ago He lived in a house by the old village green The name that she mentioned meant nothing to me I'd moved from the city a short while before And I knew very little of people round here Sorry, but I couldn't help any more Stay away from your windows And lock all your doors Don't let your children alonе I looked in her eyеs And I said I'm not sure I don't think he lives here no more The story was straight from a girls' magazine They met by the river and talked for a while He was fishing for salmon and dreaming his dreams She paused for a moment and started to smile They walked out together for weeks in that summer The memories could never be taken away Of the picnics on Sundays, the taste of cool porter A time before innocence started to fade I told her I envied her youth in the village How often I'd dream of myself in those days A time when the people had care for each other A time that our progress has swiftly erased We sat there in silence and looked at each other Slowly her features were starting to fade There were many more questions I wanted to ask her But only a feeling of sadness remained