Quietly There - Shirley Horn

Why didn’t I see your eyes turning on me

Had I been gentle when you told me goodbye

I might have caused a smile instead of your weary sigh

But no, I let you go without letting you know

How I depended on the laughs that we shared

Oh, what it meant to me to know you were there

Quietly there, happily there

I must have hurt you so many quarrels ago

Oh no, you couldn’t see the love hidden in me

I stay out late now, I don’t want to go home

It’s dawn when I reach the door

What do I have in store

Only the quiet prayer you’re waiting quietly there

No, couldn’t you see the love hidden in me

I stay out late now, I don’t want to go home

It’s dawn when I reach the door

What do I have in store

Only the quiet prayer you’re waiting quietly there