Very early song: I think I started it long before 1980. It has a kind of Tom Paxton/Eric Anderson/Jackson Frank folk/country feel that’s more ’60s than ’80s. I often feel quite nostalgic for that era, though.
Backup:
She’ll have to learn to make her own way down
Or learn to lean on someone else
Now her good man’s not around
She’ll have to learn to make her own way down
She’ll have to make her own way in the dark
Though I tried so hard to warn her
I always missed my mark
She’ll have to make her own way in the dark
I’ll have to find my own path through the rain
I got by without her once
I guess I can again
I’ll have to find my own path through the rain
I’m crying now, but not forever, wait and see
Though once we loved each other
And she was so good for me
Nothing lasts forever, wait and see
She’ll have to learn to make her own way down
Or learn to lean on someone else
Now her good man’s not around
She’ll have to learn to make her own way down
Her Own Way Down: Words and Music by David Harley: copyright 1980
David Harley's Songs 