David Wilcox - Jamie's Secret Lyrics
Near river bend where the stream runs clearOne winter morning of a day last yearI heard a secret that I now can sayConcerning Jamie, who's past awayIf you had known her then you'd agreeHer smiling eyes could make a blind man seeShe laughed with innocence and she moved with styleFull grown lover with childlike smileShe moved out West where the air is cleanTo study poetry at EvergreenI thought I'd see her in a year or twoTill we heard rumorsThat I feared were trueThey never found where she went that nightThe man she lived with said they'd had a fightShe left that cabin to walk aloneHe kept the light onBut she never came homeShe must have gone by the riversideThe searchers say that's how she must have diedThe winter water was cold with snowAn icy boulderAnd down she'd goWell I heard the news but I could not cryI should be shattered but my eyes were dryTo feel no sorrow was my surpriseBut the words came easyFor those last good-byesTill I took a walk by the riverbendWhere once we lingered when she was my friendI tried to melt the river of tears insideThe river flowedBut joy I criedShe may be gone from this life we knowShe may have frozen in the ice and snowBut there's a secret that my heart can't tellExcept to sayThat she's safe and wellNear river bend where the stream runs clearOne winter morning of a day last yearI heard a secret that I now can sayConcerning Jamie, who's passed away
