Richard Thompson

That's all, amen, close the door

Richard Thompson


That's all. That's all there was. 
Say Amen. Close the door. 
She gave as much as she had to give 
Please don't ask for more 
Please don't ask for more 
That's all. The curtain's down. 
The lights are up. Go home. 
Did I care? 
Was I in love? 
In love enough to know 
In love enough to know 

There's precious few that line that road 
She welled from deep and overflowed 
There's no cup to hold the past 
Too rich to drink, too rich to last 
That's all 

Well, you wish 
But don't wish for me 
As if a wish 
Could cheat the fall 
Oh just believe 
And leave it be 
There's beauty in what's brief 
There's beauty in what's small 
That's all 

There's some who dare and some who shine 
And some who only drag behind 
And some who reap what others sow 
When memories fail well who's to know 

That's all. That's all there was. 
Say Amen. Close the door. 
She gave as much as she had to give 
Oh please don't ask for more 
Please don't ask for more 
That's all