The Fading Light

They drove on through the fading light

They drove on through the fading light

What they’re looking for aint there anymore, the places no longer exist

Looking good and going nowhere, that was the story of our lives

You count the Springs, the Autumns too, you count the seasons left for you

More behind than up ahead, more behind you now

Her childhood towns all fog and rain, a past that calls her back again

Her ups and downs and Saturdays, the rides she’ll never take again

Our England’s gone and so are you

Our England’s gone

You don’t look back or regret it, the women in and out of your life

Had the years made it better, all that waking alone in the night?

Wanting you was a habit I was quitting and quitting again

But I knew that it mattered and I’d always give in in the end

Her life seemed stopped, her life seemed over, thirty three last October

I’ve heard it all before you said, won’t someone put the moon to bed?

More behind than up ahead, more behind you now

Oh you were so unlike the rest, my North, my South, my East and West

You were so unlike…the rest

Driving down deserted streets, twilight filled with old defeats

They drove on through the fading light

Emily was left behind to find her way without you

The ones we love are torn from us for no good reason

They drove on through the fading light

I’ll never leave you, that’s what I said

I’ll never leave you

They drove on through the fading light

Won’t someone put the moon to bed?