The Last Time I Saw William-Alannah Myles

[ti:The Last Time I Saw William] [ar:Alannah Myles] [al:Rockinghorse] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.38]The Last Time I Saw William－Alannah Myles [00:05.43] [00:19.47]The last time I saw William [00:23.63]He was as good as gone [00:28.18]He'd packed up all his poetry and his hurtin' songs [00:33.61] [00:36.36]Well they say that he died but the papers lied [00:40.41]About our long lost favorite song [00:45.09]The last time I saw William [00:49.27]He was all undone [00:56.83] [01:02.32]He'd lost his bag of thunder and his brave disguise [01:09.20] [01:11.32]He was trying to find [01:12.63]Some kind of peace of mind with brand new eyes [01:19.93]But it all came back in shades of black [01:23.93]Like a past that's just begun [01:27.73]And the last time I saw William [01:32.48]He was a man on the run [01:35.53]Oh he said it's better to fly [01:42.10]Than to hold on to shaky ground [01:46.49]It's better to the let feelings die [01:50.34] [01:52.09]When they're holding you down [01:53.67]I saw a long line of loneliness [01:58.22]In the corner of his eye [02:04.27] [02:05.02]But I never did see William cry [02:13.26] [02:17.75]Now the years run down the boulevard [02:22.06]And the marquee is long gone [02:26.30]There's a troubadour in an empty bar [02:30.73]Playin' hurtin' songs [02:33.85] [02:34.97]All the gold and praise from the glory days [02:39.22]Cannot save our souls tonight [02:43.60]And the last time that I saw William [02:47.41]He was walking away walking away from the light [02:53.46]It's better to fly than to hold on to shaky ground [03:02.00]It's better to let the feelings die [03:07.37]When they're holding you down [03:09.18]I saw a long line of loneliness [03:13.86]In the corner of his eye [03:19.73] [03:20.47]But I never did see William cry [03:33.89] [03:46.62]The last time I saw William he was all undone