Now she didn't get off to a very good start
  And she tangled with love
  And he broke her heart
  In a crumbling home had shown the childhood dreams were never real
  I can along , she was seventeen
  With the sun in her eyes and you know what I mean
  She grew up too soon in the shade of my love
  She taught me how to feel
  Loving each other was never enough
  She was watching me grow and she wrote it up
  In a book of life she gave to me the day the white ship sailed
  Farewell my darling , au revoir
  I will pray every day for you
    And she would stay alone while I'm away
  She wouldn't walk all alone in the city without me
  She would stay alone
  She wouldn't play in the dark
  With this love inside my heart
    I came home on a summer night
  And the wind in her hair and she looked just right
  There was never another kind of women could see right through my soul
  Suddenly after the southern rain
  She rode out of my life on the midnight train
  And I fell to the ground
  And the world became the last place I should be
  Wandering I will wait for you
  For the sound of your voice
  The dreams that you make
  The book of life you gave to me still keeps my flame alive
  Nobody knows which way I'm going
  But I only search for you
    So won't you stay alone
  While I'm away
  If we both walk in the same direction maybe my eyes will see you one day
  Stay alone
  And may your dreams come to be
  All your love inside of me
  Stay alone