i can't bear the thought of ever going back my head was full of nails my heart was broke and black i never understood that glimmering you chased i found it useless so i turned and walked away
where were you when the sun went down where were you when that sense of loss left town i don't care if you're worried now it's too late
the wind blew through the square last night like haunted souls flags were snapping hard and rattling their poles i drove down third street and it felt like i was gone the ghosts of things we said were smoking on the lawn
where were you when the sun went down where were you when all that hope left town i don't care if you want me now it's too late it's too late
and so it goes watch it go watch it go and you won't know until you know
i hold no grudge no more though i did for a couple of years the hate you harbor only welcomes what you fear i wrote this song while the sun fell behind the hill the stars look cold but there's a warm light on the sill
where were you when the sun went down where were you when that sense of loss left town i don't care if you want me now it's too late it's too late