THIS IS THE START OF THE END OF IT ALL

SHE SAID IN A VOICE NOT HER OWN

THE WORDS WERE SO CLEAR AS SHE STARED IN THE MIRROR

SHE WONDERED IF SHE WERE ALONE

THEN THE SUN LIT THE DAY AS SHE OPENED HER CASE

AND PUT ON HER FACE AND HER EYES

AND DRESSING HERSELF IN HER USUAL WAY

ASSUMED HER CONTENTED DISGUISE

MARY JANUARY, HOW DID YOU FIND THE DOOR?

THIS IS THE START OF THE END OF IT ALL

SHE PICKS UP HER PURSE AND HER KEYS

AND LOCKING THE LOCK AND WALKING THE WALK

SHE WATCHES THE LEAVES ON THE TREES

THEY USE TO BE GREEN, THEY USE TO BE GOD

THEY USE TO BE GONE, NOW THEY'RE HERE

IT USE TO BE DIFFERENT EACH DAY FROM THE LAST

NOW IT'S THE SAME YEAR TO YEAR

MARY JANUARY, HOW DID YOU KNOW FOR SURE?

MARY JANUARY, HOW DID YOU FIND THE DOOR?

IT'S SO EASY TO SLIP BETWEEN THE CRACKS

BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW YOU CANNOT COME BACK

THIS IS THE START OF THE END OF IT ALL

IT READ IN THE NOTE THAT THEY FOUND

NOBODY KNEW FOR HOW LONG SHE'D BEEN GONE

OR THE LAST TIME THEY'D SEEN HER AROUND

THEN SOMEBODY NOTICED HER PURSE FULL OF LEAVES

AND HER KEYS IN THE LOCK IN THE DOOR

"WHERE DID SHE GO?" THEY ALL WANTED TO KNOW

NO ONE WONDERED ABOUT HER BEFORE

MARY JANUARY, HOW DID YOU KNOW FOR SURE?

MARY JANUARY, HOW DID YOU FIND THE DOOR?

WORDS AND MUSIC BY JAMES LEE STANLEY

@2007 JAMES LEE STANLEY MUSIC, BMI