Lyrics - Touch the Sky

6. In The Clearing © 2007
Words by Bill Greenwell and Deborah Jeanne Weitzman
Music by Deborah Jeanne Weitzman

I came to the clearing in a stranger’s coat
I wrote down my name and my number
With lullaby feet and a tomfool look
That’s what it took,
That’s what it takes …when you disappear -
When I come to the clearing and you’re not there.

The ground was dry and the grass grew tall
You were here for an instant
With shadow eyes no moon could melt,
That’s how it felt,
That’s how it feels…when you disappear –
When I come to the clearing and you’re not there.

I fall asleep in your footsteps
I’m all alone in your tracks
Wanting you back, will you ever come back?

So I lay down on my stranger’s coat
And found your name in the fire
My dusty eye overflowed with dew
That’s how I knew
That’s how I know… when you disappear -
When I come to the clearing
You’re not here.