Lest I Forget

When your father's ghost came round
You bade him to please stay
But he just slipped away
You cried all night in bed
As I held your trembling head
I said you've lost too much too fast
But this too will pass
The last night when you left your old new england town
By the cold long island sound
Your winsome voice was pinched
When I leaned in close you flinched
You'd changed so much so fast but I thought this too will pass
I rode down the dark street
And stopped out in the snow
I watched my friends through their front window
They laughed under the lights
But I turned towards the night
They don't know not to ask
Though this too will pass