Eternal Circle

I sang the song slowly As she stood in the shadows She stepped to the light As my silver strings spun She called with her eyes To the tune I's a-playing But the song it was long And I'd only begun                Through a bullet of light Her face was reflecting The fast fading words That rolled from my tongue With a long-distance look Her eyes was on fire But the song it was long And there was more to be sung              My eyes danced a circle Across her clear outline With her head tilted sideways She called me again As the tune drifted out She breathed hard through the echo But the song it was long And it was far to the end              I glanced at my guitar And played it pretending That of all the eyes out there I could see none As her thoughts pounded hard Like the pierce of an arrow But the song it was long And it had to get done              As the tune finally folded I laid down the guitar Then looked for the girl Who'd stayed for so long But her shadow was missing For all of my searching So I picked up my guitar And began the next song