In the Time We've Got

I took you to the place where I was born

You said that it was just as I'd described

We moved in soon after the days turned warm

Just in time to see the spring arrive

I watched you through the windows in our room

Your hair grew long under the arbor shade

Our love was new

But the hour grew late too soon

How suddenly that honeyed light would fade

You had the city in you

Always in the way you moved were the skyline and the avenues

You had the city in you

I knew

Always in the way you moved were the skyline and the avenues

When the autumn came

The leaves turned one by one

'Til the barren trees were left to stand alone

You still felt the same

You said

As since we had begun

But a longing crept into the eyes I'd known

I watched you pack

I was rooted to the spot

We fell asleep a while beneath the oak

It's our job to live as well as we can in the time

We've got was written in the note I found when I woke

You had the city in you

Always in the way you moved were the skyline and the avenues

You had the city in you

I knew

So before the weary ache wore through

You slipped back into the avenues

You had the city in you

It's our job to live as well as we can in the time we've got

Always in the way you moved were the skyline and the avenues

You had the city in you

I knew

It's our job to live as well as we can in the time we've got

So before the weary ache wore through

You slipped back into the avenues