Your Fight Will Not Be Long Lyrics - The Wooden Sky

When the doctor came to see us 

He said your fight will not be long 

And thought it pains me so to say it 

It's seldom that I'm wrong 

My name and my position 

They hang proudly on my wall 

And I hated him for being here 

I wished that he would go 

But I just sat there unaffected 

You know I'd been brought up right 

And I stayed that way for three whole weeks 

They came for you one night 

And in the darkness of November 

Although I could hardly see 

I swear I saw Saint Peter offer you relief 

You just went to him in silence 

Those doctors had been wrong 

Yes time had left some marks on you 

Tonight all that is gone 

As you moved towards the doorway 

Oh I begged you not to leave 

But your tired lips said nothing 

Your eyes shone with relief 

And all at once it came to me 

And I fell down on my knees 

See every man must build a life 

And someday watch it leave