The Great Divide

She was reading a book that she'd already read

Just to pass the time

He just sat there and stared at the TV set

Like he was barely alive

When the local news was over

They would climb the stairs

And crawl in bed underneath the covers

Like neither one was there

And it's a long, long way

Across the great divide

The songs that they once sang

Now echo far and wide

They could still get back all the love that they have lost

But only if they both will reach across

'Cause it's a long, long way

To the other side of the great divide

He was up in the attic on the Fourth of July

'Cause they flew a flag in the yard

When he found some old roses she had long ago dried

Before they drifted apart

And how the years had slipped right by them

He didn't understand

He carried a petal into the kitchen

And he placed it in her hand

And it's a long, long way

Across the great divide

The songs that they once sang

Now echo far and wide

They could still get back all the love that they have lost

But only if they both will reach across

'Cause it's a long, long way

To the other side of the great divide