It’s early September the light’s getting low
and I miss you baby more than you’ll know
I’m drinking and singing alone with my beer
with just your guitar for company, keeping time with my tears
The whistle across the lake, it sounds so alone
Though some travel aboard the ship it won’t bring you home
And the train in the station just passes on by
You left me in Gravenhurst and I’m wondering why
Oh laya da, daya deeya dee
laya daya da, ya daya dee, ya daya dee
The train in the station just passes on by
You left me in Gravenhurst and I’m wondering why
Are her hands so soft – her face unlined – no grey in her hair?
Has she heard of me or your babies three in that sweet love affair?
Well love’s all fine but it’s the daily grind that puts food on the plate
Oh baby I remember when we just couldn’t wait
Oh laya da, daya deeya dee
laya daya da, ya daya dee, ya daya dee
Well love was fine when you were mine, we thought it was fate
Baby I remember when we just couldn’t wait
Now I’m waiting for morning more days all the same
I took off your wedding ring and I buried your name
Let the angels come and take me now set me down by the sea
cause I’m nothing without you babe -- let me go and be free
Oh laya da, daya deeya dee
laya daya da, ya daya dee, ya daya dee
Let the angels come and take me now set me down by the sea
cause I’m nothing without you babe let me go and be free
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