emmylou harris
all i left behind
All I left behind should come as no surprise To me since I fell through the black hole of your eye Only little things inconsequential I could say Of all I left behind with you along the lost highway Silver earrings in Wichita Beaded moccasins in Tonapah But I had you, so I just let them go The flannel shirt I wore to keep me from the cold When we drove from Boston all the way to Buffalo The leather boots I bought so many miles ago I took them off to follow you into the Ohio Never did my armor feel so thin Silk was all I had between me and your skin Like Waterloo, I lost that too And the gold bracelet with my father's name inscribed On the back by the one who loved him all her life The way I too could have loved you The Spanish shawl I put across the broken shade Of the lamp that lit the room That last night near Cour d'Alene Only little things inconsequential I could say Of all I left behind with you along the lost highway Of all I left behind