[Intro]
[Instrumental]
Harp threads through a silver morning
Four quiet hearts begin
[Verse 1]
I kept your note beneath the kettle
Folded twice, the paper thin
The ferry horn was low and distant
Still I knew where to begin
[Pre-Chorus]
No more waiting by the doorway
No more counting what I owe
I have shoes beside the staircase
I have somewhere else to go
[Chorus]
My time, my time, I’m taking it back
With a red scarf tied to the handle of my pack
My time, my time, hear the whole room ring
I was made for more than the shape you gave me
[Post-Chorus]
Go on, go on, let the old door swing
My time, my time, I’m becoming me
[Verse 2]
At the bakery near the harbor
Someone laughed and dropped a tray
I bought bread still warm from the oven
And I walked a different way
[Pre-Chorus]
Every window held a question
Every answer felt like rain
But the road beneath my footsteps
Did not ask me back again
[Chorus]
My time, my time, I’m taking it back
With a red scarf tied to the handle of my pack
My time, my time, hear the whole room ring
I was made for more than the shape you gave me
[Post-Chorus]
Go on, go on, let the old door swing
My time, my time, I’m becoming me
[Verse 3]
There’s a photograph in my pocket
Summer dust across your face
I can love what we once carried
Without living in that place
[Pre-Chorus]
Now the northern wind is turning
Pulling clear across the bay
I can feel my name returning
With each ordinary day
[Chorus]
My time, my time, I’m taking it back
With a red scarf tied to the handle of my pack
My time, my time, hear the whole room ring
I was made for more than the shape you gave me
[Post-Chorus]
Go on, go on, let the old door swing
My time, my time, I’m becoming me
[Verse 4]
By the station, under blue signs
I saw your car pass through
For a second all the old years
Turned their faces toward the view
[Pre-Chorus]
Then the whistle cut the silence
Then the wheels began to shine
I stepped forward with the others
And the leaving became mine
[Chorus]
My time, my time, I’m taking it back
With a red scarf tied to the handle of my pack
My time, my time, hear the whole room ring
I was made for more than the shape you gave me
[Post-Chorus]
Go on, go on, let the old door swing
My time, my time, I’m becoming me
[Verse 5]
When the morning reaches inland
I’ll be somewhere past the pines
With a small room, a blue enamel cup
And a window facing mine
[Pre-Chorus]
If you ever hear the chorus
From a passing train at dawn
Know the girl who left the doorway
Is the woman moving on
[Chorus]
My time, my time, I’m taking it back
With a red scarf tied to the handle of my pack
My time, my time, hear the whole room ring
I was made for more than the shape you gave me
[Post-Chorus]
Go on, go on, let the old door swing
My time, my time, I’m becoming me
[Final Chorus]
My time, my time, I’m taking it back
With a red scarf tied to the handle of my pack
My time, my time, hear the whole room ring
I was made for more than the shape you gave me
[Post-Chorus]
Go on, go on, let the old door swing
My time, my time, I’m becoming me
[Post-Chorus]
Go on, go on, let the old door swing
My time, my time, I’m becoming me
[Post-Chorus]
Go on, go on, let the old door swing
My time, my time, I’m becoming me
[Post-Chorus]
Go on, go on, let the old door swing
My time, my time, I’m becoming me
[Post-Chorus]
Go on, go on, let the old door swing
My time, my time, I’m becoming me
[Outro]
My time...
I’m becoming me...