The Upside of Good-Bye

There was an element of majesty

In the way the lady said that she

Was leaving in the morning for the coast

And that goodbye should have brought me pain

But I watched her quickly check the reins

Of emotions which unloosed would cripple most

Then the thing that struck me strangely

Was the feeling that I had when she was gone

The few that left before had left me empty

But she left me with a fullness to lean on

Then the thing that struck me strangely

Was the feeling that I had when she was gone

The few that left before had left me empty

But she left me with a fullness to lean on

So the bitterness that usually

Set in was effectively undone by the girl's uncommon grace

And the thrust of the experience

Was the enrichening and lively sense

She gave to my life and to its pace

I don't know where she's gone

Her wanderlust surely was strong

But love would be made much more sure

If all the ladies leaving

Left like her

If all the ladies leaving

Left like her