Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 25 minutes ago

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I wrote this back in 2014. This is another one that our dear friend Michael Hermiston covered so wonderfully. Please see the link below, and thank you for listening youtube.com/watch?v=5VZBdsypaxA
Lyrics
The misty morning settled in
As the dawn train thundered by
I should have been on those old tracks
Heading down the line
But how your smile defied your age
As the sunlight washed your face
And how the cards were never dealt
To another time or place
Chorus
And silent cries took over
The shadow talk we whispered
When the cruel hand of destiny
On that day was delivered

I needed one more night with you
Just to watch the sun go down
And for you to hold me in your arms
before that fateful morn
And how you held me closely
As they came on down the line
And headed me back down the dusty tracks
To my side of the town

Chorus

How I recall so clearly
The sunlight on your face
As the dawn train still thunders by
Like it was yesterday
And how my heart remembers
The shadow talk we whispered
And how we both so paid the price
When destiny was delivered
Repeat chorus

Ali Hammond- Original 2014