Before You Go - Richard Shindell

Love, just a word before you go

Just a few things you should know

Come and sit here by my side

Love, how I wish that you could stay

But there can be no other way

I must send you on your own

Love, here’s a place and here’s a name

Love, she will hold you in her arms

And show you who you are

Love, you’ll be hungry, you’ll be weak

You’ll be tempted, you’ll be free

To turn away from me

Love, dressed in rags and far from home

You will wander all alone

You will wonder where I am

Love, you will laugh and you will cry

Love, you will live and you will die

But only for a while

There’s a world that you must bear

They’re waiting for you there

To lead them from the night

And bring them to the light

Love, here’s a place and here’s a name…

I wish you could stay

But there’s no other way