Within A Mile Of Home

Dust falls on the empty halls of my old school Where the memories fade like the casualty a forgotten fool Now wide-eyed has become the blind unspoken rule Deeper only deep is now the word the lesson's not the answer you once heard Don't turn your back on me don't ever let me down she said I picked you up each time Before you hit the ground Your selfish face is now erased when someone mentions you And the darkness that you left Has all but stepped aside With disappearing clouds the sun arrives Within a mile of home Within a mile of home Worry o' my worry has it been that long The whistle keeps on blowin' but the tune's long gone His empty frame cannot explain there's nothing left inside