[Verse 1] The chandeliers were glowing on a cool September night The orchestra was playing, soft and polite I saw her by the window where the lake touched the sky In the hush of that ballroom as the season slipped by [Chorus] At the Yellow Lake Hotel, by the water still and wide I nearly found forever in the shimmer of her eyes But the moment drifted past me, like a bell’s fading swell And she vanished with the morning from the Yellow Lake Hotel [Verse 2] She wore a dress of silver with a pearl at her throat I offered her my hand, but no answer she spoke The music kept on turning, a waltz slow and fine Then the autumn winds gathered, and she slipped from my side [Chorus] At the Yellow Lake Hotel, by the water still and wide I nearly found forever in the shimmer of her eyes But the moment drifted past me, like a bell’s fading swell And she vanished with the morning from the Yellow Lake Hotel [Bridge] Now the timbers still whisper when the night air is clear And I walk those same hallways as if she were near Some stories are written in a glance and farewell Like the one that was lost at the Yellow Lake Hotel [Final Chorus / Tag] At the Yellow Lake Hotel, where September shadows fell I’m still haunted by the silence of the Yellow Lake Hotel
