Second Song For  A.

There was a time for laughter,
there was a time for joy,
but because of what came after
all happiness to destroy

            that time has gone, my dear,
            that time has gone.

Time now brings with it only pain
A pain we know must last;
regrets will come again, again,
to renew the errors of the past

            but joy will not return, my dear,
            joy will not return.

What confessions can we make
to avoid a retribution?
what repentance will it take
to bring us absolution?

           None will suffice, my  dear,
           none will suffice.

Time gone; never to return;
now time is what we lack
Each of us has come to learn
there's no turning back.

           There's no turning back, my dear,
           There's no turning back.