Letting Go 

You can see the darkness

in my eyes and smile

a haunting sorrow shadows me

on the long and lonely miles 

Riding down these back roads

past rivers, farms, and fields

running from hard memories

and all the pain I feel 

These shadows ride on with me

they keep me company

if I can't learn to let them go

I never will be free

I never will be free 

Trees blur by so quickly

like the ghosts of my mistakes

the rhythm of each passing mile

beats out every heartache 

I've ridden with these ghosts so long

their nearness seems so sweet

like the whisper of a summer's day

or a promise I thought I'd keep 

These shadows ride on with me

they keep me company

if I can't learn to let them go

I never will be free

I never will be free 

The road keeps rising up ahead

and the sun keeps shining down

I'm trying hard to let you go

when I feel you all around 

You're like these ghosts that ride with me

you're like those haunting trees

if I ride on and never stop

can I leave those memories 

 These shadows ride on with me

they keep me company

if I can learn to let them go

maybe now I can be free

maybe now I can be free 

 

© ACG
27 February 2014