There was something of the eagle In the way his voice could rise And she thought she saw salvation In the way he closed his eyes He was turning like the seasons She was turning toward the sky How the nights can fly And how the days can fill you Years go floating by The only touch that thrills you They were only passing passengers On separate sets of scenes But there was something of the lifeline Through the distances between How the nights can fly And how the days can fill you Years that move you on Memories that still you Sometimes our needs are most in danger From the ones we need the most And there is something of the stranger In the closest of the close As he kisses her forever He is kissing her goodbye How the nights can fly And how the days can fill you And when the chance goes by How the years can kill you