(Kris Kristofferson)

I met her sadly in the slowly fallin' rain
Cryin' softly in her loneliness and pain
Knowing no one needin' someone as bad as me
And she told me as I held her tremblin' hand
Walkin' slowly how she'd never known a man
Livin' lonely in her cottage by the sea.

When the mornin' came her tears had changed to laughter
And before the night her heart beat close to mine
And I thought as she lay sleepin' of the secret she was keepin'
Hidden somewhere in the shadows of her mind.

In the mornin' as I wakened with the dawn
Without warnin' I could feel that she was gone
Leavin' nothin' but her silence next to me
And lonely footprints that I followed in the sand
Walkin' slowly for I knew where they would end
Disappearing in the silence of the sea.

And I sometimes hear the echoes of her laughter
As I search for what I know I'll never find
For the answer I was seeking was a secret she's still keeping
Hidden somewhere in the shadows of her mind...