Fogelberg Dan The Last Nail Lyrics

The Last Nail Lyrics

I saw you running
Ahead of the crowd
I chased but never thought
I'd
catch you.
You said you loved me
But you had to be free
And I let
you.
Why did I let you?
We walked together
Through the gardens and
graves
I watched you grow
To be a woman.
Living on promises
That
nobody gave
To no one.
They were given to no one.
I started
listening
To the wind and the rain.
You strained your ears
But could
hear nothing.
One night I thought
I heard them
Whisper my name.
And
I went running.
I left a trail
   of footprints
Deep in the snow
I
swore one day
I would retrace them.
But when I turned around
I found
that the wind
Had erased them.
Now I'll never replace them.
Fly away,
my sweet bird
   over the land
Take life for all
  the freedom you
can
But if you ever
   should need a man
Well, the offer still
stands.
I hear you've taken on
   a husband and child
and live
somewhere
   in Pennsylvania
I never thought you'd ever
   sever the
string
But I can't blame you none.
So let the ashes fall
And lay where
they will
Just say that once
You used to know me.
One last time
sing
   that old song
We used to know
But this time sing
A little
more slowly.
Fly away, my sweet bird
   over the land
Take life for
all
  the freedom you can
But if you ever
   should need a
man
Well, the offer still stands.