Absence

I'm rising early now my baby's away

I'm trying to find enough to fill up my day

I build a fire, take the dogs for a walk

Hoping I meet no one who wants me to talk

It's early August, there's a nip in the air

The climate's changing but I don't really care

I'm getting tired of all this being alone

Sometimes I wonder if you'll ever come home

Where your absence just fills every space

How can that be when you left without a trace

The days were different when we used to sleep late

You always said you were my permanent mate

It seems so cold, so empty somehow

These words don't mean a thing to me

Now that your absence just fills every space

How can that be when you left without a trace

I don't know if it's loss or gain

I feel no joy, I feel no pain

Dark or light, it's all the same to me

I'm rising early now my baby's away