THE PAIN CUTS LIKE A KNIFE,
AS I WALK OUT OF YOUR LIFE,
MISTY MEMORIES I’M TAKING WITH ME,
TO A WORLD SO COLD -- THAT NO ONE SHOULD SEE,

HESITATION AND SECOND GUESSING FILLS THESE STEPS,
EVERYTHING’S OUT IN THE OPENING -- NO MORE SECRETS KEPT,
I WILL FOREVER WONDER IF I DID THE RIGHT THING,
TAKE A LOOK ON THE TABLE AND YOU WILL FIND MY RING,

WHAT WE HAD WAS GOOD AND I’M STILL IN LOVE,
BUT, TO MAKE YOU HAPPY ONWARD I WILL SHOVE,
YOU ASKED FOR A EARLY END TO LOVES LEASE,
YOU WISH IS MY COMMAND AS I GO IN PEACE,

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT IN TIME,
MY SELF CENTERLINES WOULD ERASE OUR LOVE LINES,
I’LL MOVE WITH THE TIMES AND STEP WITH LIFE’S PACE,
JUST KNOW THAT NO ONE WILL EVER TAKE YOUR PLACE,

I’LL PACK WHAT’S LEFT OF MY BROKEN HEART,
PASSING THROUGH THE DOORWAY TO MAKE A NEW START,
THIS TIME YOU’LL HAVE TO LOCK THE DOOR,
BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE THE KEY ANYMORE,

AS I WALK AWAY I WON’T LOOK BACK,
MY HEART AND MIND JUST CAN’T TAKE THAT,
THE PAIN CUTS LIKE A KNIFE,
AS I WALK OUT OF YOUR LIFE.

CHARLES GARNER