I’ll still be there when they’re gone©

I’ll still be there when they’re gone©

Copyright 2914

By Felina Silver Robinson

When the curtain closes

When the TV screen turns to snow

When the theatre clears

When the drive-in has emptied

I’ll still be there when they’re gone

They bring life

They bring laughter

They bring sorrow

And still tomorrow

They’ll leave once the clock strikes at the top of the hour

But

I’ll still be there when they’re gone

You need not wonder

You need not cry

You need not tell them why

That I’m the only one that seems to care

Whether you come or whether you go

But no one else seems to know

That you, yourself are already gone