Corners are dim and dusty
Shadows are gray
Deciding the things that must be
And Hearing you say

The time's come for you to leave me
And run to L.A.
Mistakes that we made while learning
Cost too much to pay

If you need to go as much as
I need you to stay
Don't know why I stand here waiting
For your mind to change

You'll go off in search of someone
That fits perfectly
A stranger you can't see faults in
That you saw in me

And this is my song for Rita
Where ever you go
I hope that somebody finds you
To carry your load

But if you don't find the things that
You thought you would see
Then maybe your search for someone
Will come back to me
 

NOTES:

This song had a specific purpose.  It was a goodbye song to sing to Rita just before she left for L.A. to attend college. 

I was doing concerts and performing a lot for an "open mic" at a place called "The Other Side of The Tracks" operated by Victory Music.  I would sometimes take Rita with me and she would sing harmony.  I asked her to come with me just a few days before she left for college.  Chris Lund (the MC) announced us ("Rick and Rita") and we performed two of my songs.  The harmony was great and the songs came off very well.  Rita took her seat back at our table, and I said that was probably the last time we would perform together.  Rita was leaving for college in a few days and this song (that I had just written) was for her.

Everything got real quiet.  I believe even the kitchen staff stopped what they were doing to listen to the song.

Rita was quite touched after the song, however, she still left for college, we never really did get back together, and indeed that was the last time we sang together.

A few years later, someone that had been in the audience that night (some other musician) told me that he remembered that night, and said "I always wished I could do something like that".

The song was recorded at Applewood Studio.