Silent Goodbye

(muffled schoolyard laughter far away) Adjusted her backpack at the heavy iron

gate

She said 'have a good day sweetie,

don't stay out too late'

I watched her car turn slowly onto the quiet street

How was I to know that was the last time we would

meet

Oh, the road goes cold

Stories left untold (mhm)

Now I'm standing in the hall alone

Waiting for a light that's never on

Two long years of quiet,

living in the gray

Then the telephone rang on a cold November day

A voice from the hospital,

heavy and so deep

Said your mother passed away,

she just fell asleep

Sixteen years went by,

burying the pain

Till a dusty old file washed up in the rain

It wasn't a natural end,

she didn't just fade

A Wilkes county deputy threw dirt on the grave With a badge

and a lie, they covered the crime

Oh,

the road goes cold

Stories left untold (oh no) Now I'm standing in the hall alone

Waiting for a light that's never on

No more secrets in the Wilkes county clay

The truth is gonna burn the dark

away (away...)