She looks out at the sunrisenBut she still has some stars in her eyesnLeft over from last nightnBut that's the way hearts were designednThough her mind will have the memory 'til she diesnHer lips wish they could keep the night alivennSo she turns to a passenger train and she wondersnIf their paths will cross againnBut outside the clouds gather, it rains and it thundersnA sound so familiar it's almost a friendnBut he's not as close a friend as she would likenAnd she barely knows a thing about his lifennExcept he's a scientist's son and he told her he thinks that she's prettynAnd he doesn't believe that he's yet heard his favorite songnAnd he holds on to his tongue and he hides that he misses the citynHe told her he's leaving because he doesn't know where he belongsnnNow he sits at the stationnSeems so selfish to suddenly simply part waysnBut he's made his arrangementsnAnd he's made up his mind that he's not gonna staynBut he just can't shake what happened late last nightnAnd the words he spoke still echo in her mindnnThere are places where the sun shines every daynAnd I'll stay long enough my accent goes awaynBut I'll be gone before the people I love changenAnd I won't be afraidnnNow she stares at the clock towernAnd she knows she must make a decision soonnShe stands like a sunflowernStill and silent; her smile so suddenly bloomsnAnd he stands up straight and sweats and wipes his hand across his foreheadnAnd anyone making bets would see that train and say he boardednAnd sit, forget himself, and try to heed his mother's warningnnNow she steps off the stairsnAnd she's sprinting the second her feet hit the floornThere's smoke in the airnWhistles blowing, he's standing, preparing to boardnShe catches his eyes and then her breath, and nearly screams over the crowdnAnd says I knew before my death I'd someday speak these words out loudnAnd her heart's beating so fast that she can't hear over the soundnnAnd he opens his mouth to replynBut he still has some doubts in his mindnLeft over from the last time he criednBut that's the way hearts were designednShe says she knows he has to go but asks him whynHe starts to tell her but he stumbles when he triesnnSays, There are women who put pieces in your mouthnGive you sangria 'til your secrets all come outnAnd then they leave you and your soul is headed SouthnAnd all you can do is shoutnAnd I'm gonna follow it and leave the rest behindnI'll keep my mouth shut so my secrets can stay minenI'll be delivered by the time that I arrivenBecause there are places where the sun shines every daynAnd I'll stay long enough my accent goes awaynBut I'll be gone before the people I love changenAnd I will not be ashamednnShe says I love you and it caught him by surprisenHe closed his mouth and then she opened up her eyesnSaid, I don't even have to read between the linesnI know you're rightnSometimes I wish I could be swept out of the fraynWith the person who's already on the waynWe'll be gone so long our accents will have changednBut at least they'll be the samenWe'll take water and we'll wash away our sinsnIn the basin that our son was baptised innWe'll keep each other in our hearts and in our headsnAnd we won't be afraid again