[Intro]

[Intro] [Verse] The morning coffee cools beside a window pane Looking back at junctions where I missed the train I chose the path of duty and a wedding band While holding sand that slipped right through my hand A decade and a half have turned me bitter But Cheryl is the ghost that's no quitter [Chorus] Did I trade a diamond for a stone of pride When I pushed the sweetness of your name aside Still I trace the outline of your golden face In every empty corner of this quiet place A choice I made so long ago Is the only truth I’ll never truly know [Verse] I tried to build a fortress with another heart But the blueprint failed and pulled the walls apart The papers signed the ending of a long mistake While memories of you are all I couldn’t break Now the house is hollow and the silence rings With the heavy weight that hesitation brings [Pre-Chorus] Forty-five winters have frozen the clocks But the key to my spirit still fits in your locks I walk through the wreckage of years left behind To find you still vibrant inside of my mind [Chorus] Did I trade a diamond for a stone of pride When I pushed the sweetness of your name aside Still I trace the outline of your golden face In every empty corner of this quiet place A choice I made so long ago Is the only truth I’ll never truly know [Chorus] You’re the love that lingers like a steady flame I’m a man who’s weary of this losing game I can feel you breathing in the evening air Closing up my eyelids just to find you there Was the right thing wrong and the wrong thing right I’m calling out to Cheryl in the middle of the night [Outro]