The Great Divide

She was reading a book that she'd already read
 Just to pass the time
 He just sat there and stared at the TV set
 Like he was barely alive
 When the local news was over
 They would climb the stairs
 And crawl in bed underneath the covers
 Like neither one was there
 And it's a long, long way
 Across the great divide
 The songs that they once sang
 Now echo far and wide
 They could still get back all the love that they have lost
 But only if they both will reach across
 'Cause it's a long, long way
 To the other side of the great divide
 He was up in the attic on the Fourth of July
 'Cause they flew a flag in the yard
 When he found some old roses she had long ago dried
 Before they drifted apart
 And how the years had slipped right by them
 He didn't understand
 He carried a petal into the kitchen
 And he placed it in her hand
 And it's a long, long way
 Across the great divide
 The songs that they once sang
 Now echo far and wide
 They could still get back all the love that they have lost
 But only if they both will reach across
 'Cause it's a long, long way
 To the other side of the great divide