Departure Bay Lyrics - Girl In The Other Room - Diana Krall

The fading scent of summertime 

Arbutus trees and firs 

The glistening of rain-soaked moss 

Going to the dairy queen at dusk 

Down narrow roads 

In autumn light 

The salt air and the sawmills 

And the bars are full of songs and tears 

To the passing of the tugboats 

And people with their big ideas 

I just get home and then I leave again 

It's long ago and far away 

Now we're skimming stones and 

Exchanging rings 

And scattering and sailing from departure bay 

The house was bare of Christmas lights 

It came down hard that year 

Outside in our overcoats 

Drinking down to the bitter end 

Trying to make things right 

Like my mother did 

Last year we were laughing 

We sang in church so beautifully 

Now her perfume's on the bathroom counter 

And I'm sitting in the back pew crying 

I just get home and then I leave again 

It's long ago and far away 

Now we're skimming stones and 

Exchanging rings 

And scattering and sailing from departure bay 

A song plays on the gramophone 

And thoughts turn back to life 

We took the long way to get back 

Like driving over the malahat 

Now a seaplane drones and time has flown 

I won't miss all the glamour 

While my heart is beating and the lilacs bloom 

But who knew when I started 

That Id find a love and bring him home 

Just get me there and one we will stay 

A long time off and far away 

Now we're skimming stones and 

Exchanging rings 

We're scattering and diving in departure bay