Invitation
Journey of Change: Rediscovering Love and Longing
Lyrics
I got an invitation from a girl I used to know back home
I received an invitation from a girl I knew in my hometown.
It was an invitation asking me to telephone
The invitation urged me to call her.
She said, it's getting lonely here
She expressed loneliness and mentioned being away for almost a year.
And I've been gone for close a year
She's been absent for an extended period.
I took the first flight out to meet the girl I used to know back home
I promptly took the first flight to meet her.
She met me off the flight, a million dollars in her long red gown
She welcomed me in an extravagant manner, adorned in a costly red gown.
With a man in a black hat just to drive us back to town
A man in a black hat chauffeured us back to town.
Now the faces all look the same
Everyone's faces look alike now.
And all the places have the same old names
All places seem familiar with the same names.
But in a year you've changed just like the girl I used to know back home
Over the past year, she has changed, mirroring the changes in the town.
Yes, in a year you've changed just like the girl I used to know back home
Reiteration of the transformation, comparing her to the girl I knew back home.
Maybe it's true that I go on and on and on
Suggesting a repetitive or continuous nature of something (possibly conversation).
Maybe it's true that I'm the lonely one alone
Expressing the possibility of being the lonely one.
What can I say to you, what can I say to you?
Pondering what words can be said in this situation.
Yes, in a year you've changed just like the girl I used to know back home
Reiterating the changes in her over the past year.
It took another year before I started getting itchy toes
After another year, restlessness sets in.
And then I had to leave, but that's the way the story goes
Forced to leave, acknowledging the inevitability of the situation.
Well I reckon if she'd made me stay
If she had compelled me to stay, my life might have been in jeopardy.
I'd never live to see another day
A dire consequence of staying with her.
I took the first flight out and left the girl I used to know back home
Choosing to leave, I took the first available flight, abandoning the girl I knew back home.
Maybe it's true that I go on and on and on
Similar to line 14, emphasizing continuous or repetitive behavior.
Maybe it's true that I'm the lonely one alone
Acknowledging the possibility of being the lonely one again.
What can I say to you, what can I say to you?
Repeating the question of what can be said in this situation.
I took the first flight out and left the girl I used to know back home
Reaffirming the decision to leave and taking the first flight.
Back home, I left the girl back home
Repeating the idea of leaving the girl behind in my hometown.
I left the girl back home
Reiteration of leaving the girl behind.
I left the girl back home
Repetition of leaving the girl in my hometown.
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