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Tom Callahan: Music

From Love I Walked Away

(Tom Callahan)
Words and Music by Tom Callahan
From love I Walked Away

From love I walked away,
From love I walked away.
And sad do I regret the day
From love I walked away.

It was all upon a summer's day
a foolish lad was I.
and from my love I walked away
and love did I deny.

From love I walked away,
From love I walked away.
And sad do I regret the day
From love I walked away.


In freedom lay my happiness,
or such did I believe.
And from my love I walked away,
and love did I deny.

From love I walked away,
From love I walked away.
And sad do I regret the day
From love I walked away.

I wandered far
and wandered free.
No happiness did I find.
My love's long ceased to weep for me
and sorrow now is mine.

From love I walked away,
From love I walked away.
And sad do I regret the day
From love I walked away.

The road goes ever onward,
nor can I retrace my steps.
And my road goes ever downward
to despair's embracing depths.

From love I walked away,
From love I walked away.
And sad do I regret the day
From love I walked away.
And sad do I regret the day
From love I walked away.