and so I told you right from the start   I cannot hold you to a change of heart   there are things I could never say   too young, too old to try to change our ways   I'm not the person I care to be   always waiting on bended knee   for a change of heart      how well we travel these outer parts   yet cannot fathom these depths of dark   and I would never be alone today   if the piper didn't ask his pay   and if that piping didn't drive the dance   always waiting for the chance   for a change of heart      there's only one way to be alone   and you must learn this on your own   it's not the reason that brings you home   it's not the season for what we've sown   and that flowering I could not share   cold earth and sunlight you would not dare   for a change of heart      and 'round this old house the wind it whines   with a knocking keeping time   it's not the first time, it's not the last   it's not that springtime covers up the past   and I told you right from the start   sometimes forever just falls apart   for a change of heart