The priest intoned the words
His soul now safe to keep
As they lowered his casket
For his eternal sleep
We stood at the graveside
Beneath a foreboding sky
And right at that moment
I caught the widows eye.
Family and friends
Earlier at the wake
Hot tea and brandy
Cold sandwiches and cake
And I wondered about my brother
As a good a man as you or I
And I looked across the room
And caught the widows eye.
Id always had my own thoughts
About Harringtons choice of a wife
And I could not believe
The man would take his own life
I saw the open casket
The pennies on his eyes
And I knew something was wrong
When I caught the widows eye.
No more than a year had passed
I saw her walk through town
Another man at her side
Her face towards the ground
What goes around comes around
Shell get hers by and by
And I will remember
The day I caught the widows eye.
A very haunting song. Very much enjoyed.