I met her sadly in the slowly falling rain

Crying softly in her loneliness and pain

Knowing no one needin' someone bad as me

And she told me as I held her trembling hand

Walking slowly how she'd never known a man

Living lonely in her cottage by the sea



When the morning came her tears had changed to laughter

And before the night her heart beat close to mine

And I thought as she lay sleeping of the secrets she was keeping

Hidden somewhere in the silence of the shadows of her mind



In the morning as I wakened with the dawn

Without warning I could feel that she was gone

Leaving nothing but her silence next to me

And lonely footprints that I followed in the sand

Walking slowly for I knew where they would end

Disappearing in the silence of the sea

And I sometimes hear the echo of her laughter

As I search for what I know I'll never find



For the answer I was seeking was the secrets she's still keeping

Hidden somewhere in the silence of the shadows of her mind

Hidden somewhere in the silence of the shadows of her mind

Writer : K KRISTOFFERSON
Copyright : Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group