I stand on the tallest building
and stare down at the grey runway
that's taking you so far away.
I don't want you to leave me;
look in my eyes and you'll see them
Imagine just how sad I'll be
in some future day when I turn
and no longer see your face.
All I can now cry is goodbye
in a lifetime how I'll feel none can tell.
All I know is now you're going
and walking on the tarmac.
and cannot bear to look back
A brief taxi on the runway
then up into the stilling night sky;
and I'm standing on the observation tower
my eyes too dimmed by distance to cry.
All I can now do is walk away alone