Old Brown Suitcase

OLD BROWN SUITCASE

Suddenly it ended before it had begun
Sandy died on a winter's day.
Fatal fall the papers said
With a curse on my lips
And snow on my face,
I flung my heart in the canal
Inside my old suitcase.

I burned all the letters
Shaved off all my hair
Smashed all her records
Felt betrayed
Though that's unfair.
The church was lit with candles
Next time around maybe peace,
But my faith sank in the canal
Inside that old suitcase.

And I won't think of you anymore.
Well never meet again
And that's as well.
You were my secret love,
I was a hopeless case.
I travelled all those miles to meet you
Just to fall on my face.
And its true to say
That I loved you in my way,
But who did I think I was fooling.

So I sat in the station
Staring at the clock.
minutes turned to hours
I just stared at that clock.
Not sure how I left there,
I was in some kind of daze,
But I remembered I packed your present
In my old suitcase.

Sandy you should have died
With tears in your eyes.
Shot through the heart
In a lover's fight.
Whispering forgiveness
With your dying breath,
For this life that drives men crazy.

And I'm not going to think of you anymore.
Well never meet again
And that's as well.
I was your secret love
Just a hopeless case,
I travelled all those weeks to meet you
Just to fall on my face,
But its true to say
That I loved you in my way,
But who did I think I was fooling.