Catherine and Edgar Lyrics

It was long ago in a far off town

Catherine found it hard to settle down

She had her family

But they could not see

Catherine wanted more than they could give

She went off by herself

They just let her go

She needed time alone for her to grow

So she roamed the land for five years

Never knew where she was going

Happy times were seldom

But something called her to push on

She opened up a tiny bookshop

So she'd never be alone

At night dead writers talked to her

When the lights went low

It was long ago in a far off town

Edgar heard a calling of his own

He packed his bags and walked

'Til he could no more

He finally had to stop and settle down

He found a vacant room

Dropped his rain-soaked bags

Took out his leather journal for awhile

Then he wrote beneath the candle light

'Til night became the dawn

He put his pen down, happy

That he'd worked 'til it was done

Then he looked at what was written there

It began simply enough

"I'll search the world for something

To fill this emptiness inside..."

He hadn't slept at all but he had to move on

He had to find what he was looking for

He came upon a shop

That sold Shakespeare's poems

Maybe he could find it in a line

He turned and saw her face

But she looked away

He put the book down and slowly walked outside

He was her Romeo, but she did not know

Some days it's hard to be so grateful

For the things that we've been given

We often throw away the best

Of what has come our way

Some days we walk around in darkness

With our eyes forever closed

And fail to see the light

Until the day we die

As the years went on and time ticked away

Catherine and Edgar never met again

Edgar married a girl that he did not love

And Catherine spent her days and nights alone

We only have one chance

To find our one true love

And if our eyes are not wide open

We'll miss that chance for sure

We'll always find it hard to settle down

It was long ago in a far off town