Lamplight

it's dark & it's a long way down
 she said as she lay her head
 on the pillow
 I took one step back
 & I retired
 to evening
 & the movie made me feel as if I wasn't here at all
 & I drove home & I wound up all the windows in my car
 in the lamplight I breathe
 but the dark is falling in the garden over everything
 John I'm waiting for a morning filled with sunlight
 when we can both drive away
 shake the dust right off my shoes
 with younger friends & skies of blue like yesterday
 John I'm waiting for a morning filled with sunlight
 when we can both drive away
 laughing friends & silent rides
 & all the lovers that we lost are found again
 I've been out walking in the verges & the quiet
 through all the traffic & the movement of the night
 & the lamplight froze
 stopping so suddenly
 hearing the dim radio