One Door Opens - Richard Thompson

One door opens, another shuts behind

One sun sets and another sun she rises

Love comes to you in old familiar ways

Love comes to you in shadows and disguises

She may quit you, she may forsake you

Drift away like a phantom in a fever

Who walks in to your heart of solitude

Who walks into the lair of the deceiver

They say it was my turn

They say I had it coming

They say that’s what you earn

For living through a lie

If I could have my way

I’d leave it all tomorrow

There’s sorrow if I stay

I’ve other fish to fry

When love breaks like a precious string of pearls

A thousand memories, they roll away and scatter

Make believe that there’s ice runs through my veins

Shrug my shoulders, as if it doesn’t matter