Penitent

There was once a time when you were part of my heart
But now it seems that we're so far apart
It seems the love that we once knew
Has gone away and is now so untrue

It seems the fondness you once had for home
Has left you now and started to roam
There comes a time when all of this will pass
You'll long to be with me at last

You'll long to go back to your childhood days
Back to your old, winsome ways
You'll long to be in my arms
There to be free from all alarms

But I have left this old veil of tears
I'm there where you never fear
Listening to the voice of my child
Out there in the will of the wild

You'll long to go back to your childhood days
Back to your old, winsome ways
You'll long to be in my arms
There to be free from all alarms
Then at last you'll cry in pain
Please, oh please don't leave me in vain
Then it seems that I'm right there
Soothing and smoothing back your hair

I'll take away the pain in your heart
The pain that made us so far apart
And when I leave this old world of strife
I'll be with you to live a new life

You'll long to go back to your childhood days
Back to your old, winsome ways
You'll long to be in my arms
There to be free from all alarms
Then at last you'll cry in pain
Please, oh please don't leave me in vain
Then it seems that I'm right there
Soothing and smoothing back your hair