A LOVE YOU LEAVE BEHIND

(written and performed by Jonathan Beedle )

Across the highway just outside of town

Near a store, an old man is sitting

The phone rings in the booth

nearby he just stares

At the coffee he was sipping

He reaches down into his coat,

pulls a kerchief out

Wipes the tears he started crying

The sound is all it took to bring to mind

A love he left behind

Underneath a gray and slippery sky

Out of a downpour, four girls are running

Laughing safe under an overhang,

the hug good-bye

As the rain begins stopping

The last one gets into her car,

turns the radio on

Her smile starts fading

The sound is all it took to bring to mind

A love she left behind

There ain't nothing in this world

As lonesome as the color of a dream

Empty as a heartache is

Time they say, is all you really need

Years roll by and new loves grow

But in the quiet of a moment, you may find

A sound is all it takes to bring to mind

A love you leave behind

In the foggy early morning I feel her hair

Touch my face, my lips she’s kissing

Her finger traces a heart upon my chest

She says, “You’re the one I’m missing”

As I look into her eyes they fade into the sun

My heart I hear beating

The sound is all it took to bring to mind

A love I left behind

There ain't nothing in this world

As lonesome as the color of a dream

Empty as a heartache is

Time the say, is all you really need

Years roll by and new loves grow

But in the quiet of a moment you may find

A sound is all it takes to bring to mind

A love you leave behind