Denison Witmer

I need to take a look before you go away Before I spend my time with what I need to say You're so free

Downtown in the fall, across the sidewalks The leaves will all make fossils, left behind Balancing your life

Taking myself back to the time When we were in your room you looked straight through The life that I've

And the furniture was painted From natural wood to olive green this year And the bedroom was done over

I hear you calling me by name You come around the corner smiling again And I know you're feeling

The last thing I heard was you're coming back And Didaly's love scene was going black The city of

We'll get in my car around 10:30 that night For the New York city skyline, destination of our sights

All of the words keep coming For me to settle down But I think I heard us falling Before we hit the

I think it's fair To say that I knew you best Way back when The place you live The

This cannot be real Lookin' out into the cold This window holds a view Of you and I and growing

What will stay? When everything is going, what remains? When everything is leaving, when all has slipped

I believe when we were younger We thought that we deserved the sun I met you when you were 18, I was pushing

Open your life Can you feel me rushing in And unshielded your mind I can tell what you are thinking

I look out my window, I'm catching the view Where queen street meets chestnut one block west of you

This was the first year Of our years together Your mother got sick And your sister got married