The depot is quiet
In this pink morning light
Benches worn smooth with years
From two sitting right here
Like the lines in your hands
Grown around fingerprints
Where I’ve held them so long
In this place love was born

If eternity is anything but you sitting here next to me
Then I won’t ever die
Another lifetime, please, for me

Trains come and go
Whizzing by our cosmos
Sparkling joy, white-hot fears
Promises starred with tears
And the children we named
All grown up, done the same
So the future abides
Here at the end of the line

If eternity is anything but you sitting here next to me
Then I won’t ever die
Another lifetime, please, for me

And when it comes time
The doors open wide
I’ll not board, heaven be damned
If I can’t hold your hand

If eternity is anything but you sitting here next to me
Then I won’t ever die
Another lifetime, please, for me
Another eighty-five at least
Another lifetime, please, for me

words and music by Shannon Curtis
published by Shannon K (ASCAP)
all rights reserved; lyrics reprinted by permission