Now You've Been Gone For A Long Time

Now you've been gone for a long time Run off with my heart into the night Once I'd have thought that you'd never let me go Now I'm alone after all I've sat for hours at my table Poring over maps about our stars All they would say is that you were always here Now like a ghost you've disappeared Strange how you came like a reed up from the sea Up from the blood in my veins Now that the cold and the silence That you left behind you are my friends I wonder why you padlocked up my heart If you never meant to return Now you've been gone for a long time Run off with my heart into the night Once I'd have thought that you'd never let me go Now I'm alone after all --- Now You've Been Gone for a Long Time - Buffy Sainte-Marie