"For the Love of Liza Jane"
Words & Music by James Nihan
The first time she laughed and smiled
She turned my head and drove me wild
She came skipping like a child
Through the dreams that lit my brain
Her laughter filled my walls that day
And I felt my sorrows melt away
And the child in me came out to play
With the love of Liza Jane
In the evening she would hold me near
And my restlessness would disappear
But some nights I'd lie awake and hear
The whistle of lonesome train
It echoed through the canyon snow
Like a desperate friend I used to know
It was beckoning but I said no
For the love of Liza Jane
One day I saw it all so plain
The urge I felt could not remain
Bottled up inside my like a prisoner at best
She hanged her head but seemed to know
The time had come to let me go
I had to put my young
And maybe foolish dreams to rest
Now some dreams I dreamed have come to be
And the years have changed a lot in me
But they haven't changed her memory
Or this gentle tugging pain
If I had it all to do again
I'd commit a hobo's mortal sin
And trade my weary boot heels in
For the love of Liza Jane
For the love of Liza Jane
Published by Composure Music (ASCAP)
Copyright 1982