I sung the song slowly as she stood in the shadows   She stepped to the light as my silver strings spun   She called with her eyes to the tune I was a playin'   But the song it was long and I'd only begun      Through a bullet of light her face was reflectin'   The fast fading words that rolled from my tongue   With a long-distance look her eyes was on fire   But the song it was long and there was more to be sung      My eyes danced a circle across her clear outline   With her head tilted sideways she called me again   As the tune drifted out she breathed hard through the echo   But the song it was long and it was far to the end      I glanced at my guitar and played it pretendin'   That of all the eyes out there I could see none   As her thoughts pounded hard like the pierce of an arrow   But the song it was long and it had to get done      As the tune finally folded I laid down the guitar   And looked for the girl who'd stayed for so long   But her shadow was missin' for all of my searchin'   So I picked up my guitar and began the next song