The Light of Day

She hid her smile within a photograph

Kept at the bottom of a drawer

Capture clearly within black and white

Her inner love from before

She turned the lamp on and she sat there still

Traced her finger across his face

By the snapshot that he wore that day

And some distant time and place

Keep your thoughts to yourself and you'll be fine

Don't let them settle while they're there

Tell the people they won't hear

And you'll always have the right thing to say

The table's silent but the radio plays

Over the words that go on

She clears the table and she scrapes the plates

And sends the children off to bed

She runs the faucet till the water gets hot

Puts the plug into the drawer

Thought of the time she packed her bags and went

Only to return again

Keep your thoughts to yourself and you'll be fine

Don't let them settle while they're there

Tell the people they won't hear

And you'll always have the right thing to say

Keep your thoughts to yourself and you'll be fine

Don't let them settle while they're there

Tell the people they won't hear

And you'll always have the right thing to say