When The Sun Sets

I've learned about life, at it's lowest and highest

I've lived and I've loved and I've had a good time

but now when I look at things clear and unbiased

there's no use in laughing, and no use in crying.

I've learned about life, from the top to the bottom

from all kinds of people I've met on my way

but now spring is gone - with the coming of autumn

I keep my emotions locked safely away.

But sometimes...

When the sun sets over the rooftops of town

my memories and I are alone

when the night falls and there is no - one around

then the shadows come in on their own -

they stand and they stare like the guardians of fate

and all I can do is sit quit and wait

'til the daylight chases darkness away.

When the sun sets over the rooftops of town

my memories and I are alone.

I know about love from the north to the south

sometimes I've won the game, an sometimes I've lost

I've heard bizarre wishes from feverish mouths

I know about happiness, and what it costs.

I've tasted sweet love in the east and the west

from mornings in Paris to nights in Ceylon

and one of the things that I think I know best

is that love is here one day, the next day it's gone.

But sometimes...

When the sun sets over the rooftops of town

my memories and I are alone.