Whippin Wind

They were children when they met.
 But he is someone she can't forget.
 They were young still when they parted ways;
 Ushered on into life's grey haze.
 She has always had the best of luck
 But when there's rain and mud, he gets stuck
 When there's rainbows she's at the end
 But he gets caught in the whippin' wind.
 Why does she fly? Why does he fall?
 She gets gifts of gold and he gets coal.
 Someday his broken wing will mend
 For now he's caught in the whippin'wind.
 Many years have passed since they were friends
 No one knows where they've both been
 But each of their own sin
 One of them loses, one of them wins
 She had always thought that he could fly
 So when he'd fall, she would cry
 And wonder where is grace divine
 And never see a single sign.
 Why does he fall? Why does she fly?
 Oh, some birds will never reach the sky.
 But someday his broken wing will mend
 For now he's caught in the whippin' wind.
 He found out about her success
 Singing songs of her happiness.
 She found out about his death.
 And the family that he left.
 Oh one man's right is another man's wrong
 Oh one man's story is another man's song.
 She wonders why he had to go
 But with his death she knows.
 He came far and she can fall
 He gets the greatest gift of all
 His broken wing did mend.
 He's flown away in the whippin' wind.