Coming & Going

Coming & Going
by Si Kahn & Tom Chapin
© 1992 Joe Hill Music & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

The house is so quiet at the start of the day.
The air is so still. The sky is so gray.
The bed is still warm as I slide to the floor.
I turn for a moment and kiss you once more.
It's time to be leaving but what can I do?
It's hard on the kids. It's hardest on you.
And though I don't show it
I know that it's true.
This coming and going is hardest on you.

I shower and shave quick and quiet as I can
Load up my gear in the back of the van.
Tonight I'll be singing in some far away town
And thinking of you
When it's time to lie down.
I'm sad to be leaving but what can I do?
It's hard on the kids. It's hardest on you.
And though I don't show it
I know that it's true.
This coming and going is hardest on you.

I'm feeling the pressure as I travel alone
Between making a living and making a home.
While I hear the music
That glides through the air
You hear the silence that says
I'm not there.

And when I come home
We'll be lovers and friends,
Both knowing that soon I'll be leaving again.
And though I won't show it
I'll know that it's true.
This coming and going is hardest on you.
This coming and going is hardest on you.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's So Nice To Come Home CD.

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