Like William Mckinley Lyrics - Sparks Of Ancient Light - Al Stewart

I got a letter; it came in the mail today 

I saw by the stamp it was written an ocean away 

No need to open it, I know what it must say 

Ill just go back to the dream I was having 

Before love went astray 

Ill sit on my porch like William McKinley 

And Ill let the world come to me 

And if its too busy, I really dont mind and 

Theres no place I want to be 

Now and again, I will open a window and 

Stare at the overcast sky 

And put you away in a drawer in my mind 

And Ill just bid all of my troubles goodbye 

The country round here is deserted; theres no one at all 

People come here in the summer and leave in the fall 

You followed after them, disappeared into the night 

Now all thats left is the footprint you made 

In the mud, frozen in white 

Ill sit on my porch like William McKinley 

And Ill let the world come to me 

And if its too busy, I really dont mind and 

Theres no place Ill want to be 

Now and again, I will open and window and 

Stare at the overcast sky 

And put you away in a drawer in my mind 

And Ill just bid all of my troubles goodbye 

(repeat chorus)