John & Mary & The Valkyries Goodbye Stan
Stan knew the kids were hungry
He could see it in their eyes
He knew his wife was restless
He caught her in some lies
He knelt beside his granddad
Buried there beside a hill
And he prayed he had his patience
But he knew he never will.
Stan heard rumors after Christmas
That the mills were shutting down
The union should do something,
Anything to save the town
At the Legion banquet
Stan was drinking with some friends
Who shared a little secret
How to find the rainbow's end
That Friday at the Grange Hall
When they'd given him some seed
Had borne a new beginning
All the things they'd ever need
The flowers bloomed in springtime
The west wind brought the fall
They now were really family
With the special days and all
These days won't last forever
To think that he'd be a fool
But for now things were so rosy
And the kids were taking interest in school,
They look so pretty,
Dressed in white and going to the church on Sunday morning,
Glowing,
Lynne was beaming sunshine like the day she let him take her for his bride.
