A Lesson Too Late for the Learning

It’s a lesson too late for the learning
Made of sand, made of sand
In the wink of an eye my heart is turning
In your hand, in your hand
 
 Are you going away with no word of farewell?
 Will there be not a trace left behind?
 I could have loved you better, didn’t mean to be unkind
 You know that was the last thing on my mind
 
As we walk all my thoughts are a-tumbling
Round and round, round and round
Underneath our feet the subway’s rumbling
Underground, underground

As I lie in my bed in the morning
Without you, without you
Every song in my heart dies a-borning
Without you, without you

You have reasons a-plenty for going,
This I know, this I know
For the weeds have been steadily growing,
Please don’t go, please don’t go