Five roads led from Central Square,
but only one led home.
While down the other four,
there lay a world I'd never known.
I saw three stars among the clouds - a good sign,
some might say.
I saw the road that led to home,
but I took another way.
I met the girl I came to love one
night in Central Square.
I loved the way she sang her
song; I loved her auburn hair.
I heard her sing The Water Is Wide
and Johnny's Gone to Sea
And Spanish Is the Loving Tongue,
while she looked right at me.
I took her home with me that
night; I carried her guitar.
I gave to her my only bed
while I lay on the floor.
She kissed me when she went to bed;
I lay awake past three,
And I was nearly sleeping when I heard her call
to me.
We lived together all that
year until we drew apart.
For I was younger than my years
and did not know my heart.
I sang along with her one
night in quiet harmony,
Until I realized this song
was her farewell to me.
I made the worst mistake of all;
I turned and left her there.
And winter had come in when I
stepped out in Central Square.
I saw three stars among the clouds - a good sign,
some might say.
I saw the road that led to home,
but I took another way.
I saw the road that led to home,
but I took another way