The Last Nail Lyrics - Singles - Fogelberg Dan

I saw you running 

Ahead of the crowd 

I chased but never thought 

I'd catch you. 

You said you loved me 

But you had to be free 

And I let you. 

Why did I let you? 

We walked together 

Through the gardens and graves 

I watched you grow 

To be a woman. 

Living on promises 

That nobody gave 

To no one. 

They were given to no one. 

I started listening 

To the wind and the rain. 

You strained your ears 

But could hear nothing. 

One night I thought 

I heard them 

Whisper my name. 

And I went running. 

I left a trail 

of footprints 

Deep in the snow 

I swore one day 

I would retrace them. 

But when I turned around 

I found that the wind 

Had erased them. 

Now I'll never replace them. 

Fly away, my sweet bird 

over the land 

Take life for all 

the freedom you can 

But if you ever 

should need a man 

Well, the offer still stands. 

I hear you've taken on 

a husband and child 

and live somewhere 

in Pennsylvania 

I never thought you'd ever 

sever the string 

But I can't blame you none. 

So let the ashes fall 

And lay where they will 

Just say that once 

You used to know me. 

One last time sing 

that old song 

We used to know 

But this time sing 

A little more slowly. 

Fly away, my sweet bird 

over the land 

Take life for all 

the freedom you can 

But if you ever 

should need a man 

Well, the offer still stands.