in the streetlight your hair is the blackest sky through the snow the cars silently pass us by when you smile there s no reason to say goodbye don t say goodbye i still have the last letter you left for me all your t shirts your red and green pedigree all the rest is sealed up behind memory fading away on the steps of the american legion hall you wait there alone nobody left to call no one s there again spring summer winter fall terrible day if i d been there i d surely have stayed with you if i d been there i d surely have prayed for you if i d been there i d surely have prayed for you want you to know