I see your smiling face
By the open door
As the morning light
Shining in your hair
And in your eyes
And just a little way
Behind that smile of yours
I see another one
Oh so far away
If only for one second
I could hold you close to me
When the master calls for me again
There's nothing I can say
Or I can do
Goodbye my love
Time has come to say farewell
I hear the call again
Goodbye to the world
I've shouted for so long
Well there's so much my love
That I will never say
And in a little while
In a little while
There's nothing left to say
As the years go by
And I have not returned
And the night has come
Falling all around
Oh if you count the stars
You'll know how many have gone out
And when the master calls for me again
There's nothing that I can say
Or I can do
Stand in the sun
Shut your eyes and feel the world
It's changing every day
Goodbye my love
Each day will seem so long
There's so much I feel
That I can never say
I can't see you
I can't feel you anymore
I'm just a memory
Of that open door
By the open door
As the morning light
Shining in your hair
And in your eyes
And just a little way
Behind that smile of yours
I see another one
Oh so far away
If only for one second
I could hold you close to me
When the master calls for me again
There's nothing I can say
Or I can do
Time has come to say farewell
I hear the call again
Goodbye to the world
I've shouted for so long
Well there's so much my love
That I will never say
And in a little while
In a little while
There's nothing left to say
And I have not returned
And the night has come
Falling all around
Oh if you count the stars
You'll know how many have gone out
And when the master calls for me again
There's nothing that I can say
Or I can do
Shut your eyes and feel the world
It's changing every day
Goodbye my love
Each day will seem so long
There's so much I feel
That I can never say
I can't feel you anymore
I'm just a memory
Of that open door
From "Three Sides Live". I always imagined it from the perspective of sailor who must travel to make a living and leaving his love behind. For some reason, he's away for a very long time (shipwrecked?) or he returns home to find her gone (or dead).
Whenever I hear this song, I get the impression that it's about a soldier that is called away to battle. The lyric "Ooh if you count the stars you'll know How many have gone out" sounds like it pertains to soldiers that have been killed in battle. I don't know for sure that this is the true meaning of the song, but it's how I perceive it to be.