The Open Window Songtext
von John and Mary

She walked away with the ring in her hand
The back door open, scattered coins on her nightstand
The room around her so silent and still
The echoes of the voices lingered from a time

When so long ago and far away
How sweet the fiddle bow did play
The smiles around the table as they talked intimately

When she would leave them, her children alone
Their cries and protests made her want to stay back home
In isolation she worked into night
Her hands all calloused from the twisted vines she′d fight

Then she'd think of times so long ago
The dinner amber still aglow
The smiles around the table as they talked intimately

The window was open
The daughter was cold
The steam pipes were broken and her heart rose to the road


When so long ago and far away
How sweet the fiddle bow did play
The smiles around the table as they talked intimately

The grief lay all around her
No food, he just wore
She looked in the tarnished mirror
Her glowing eyes traveled to a place
Where they would drink and dance on dusty Florida days

The little boy sat and polished his shoes
He rubbed them with a cloth so shiny couldn′t lose
A small grief ace for his mommy wished to win
To bring the life back to the face that always been
Full of love and money and sparkle then
A mother's tear to make her steady
The sky grew dark, the rain clouds poured
She wouldn't see her anymore

So long ago and far away
How sweet the fiddle bow did play
The smiles around the table as they talked intimately

The window was open
The daughter was cold
The steam pipes were broken and her heart rose to the road