The Calling Door Words and music by Joe FicklinAm F G Am F G Am Outside the window, night now is falling / What are you feeling? Am F G Am F G Am Beyond the darkness, hear the door calling / Re-ality reeling F G E Am F G Am All our foolish efforts the passage only stalling / Where madness will begin F G C Am C E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am Listen and you'll hear the door ever softly calling / En-ter in, oh en-ter gent-ly soft-ly swift-ly in F G C F The handle cold lies within reach Am G Am Are there lessons left to learn? Am G C Am I pause against that calling door, pause and turn away F G E Supposing that that calling door can wait another day F G Another day, or two, no more Am G F E F G Am Until I seek the siren song of that calling door Am F G Am F G Am Here in the kitchen, fresh bread is baking / The oven glows red Am F G Am F G Am Cat in the corner stretch-ing and waking / Not knowing the dread F G E Am F G Am The call of the door leaves me wild and shaking / Where madness will begin F G C am C E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am Which part is the dream to lose upon waking / En-ter in, oh en-ter gent-ly soft-ly swift-ly in F G C F The handle cold lies within reach Am G Am Are there lessons left to learn? Am G C Am I pause against that calling door, pause and turn away F G E Supposing that that calling door can wait another day F G Another day, or two, no more Am G F E F G Am Until I seek the siren song of that calling door Am F G Am F G Am Where are the others who've passed through the door? / Wherewith to reckon Am F G Am F G Am The ones that we've loved who are with us no more? / I hear them beckon F G E Am F G Am I'd like to believe they're on some golden shore / But madness must begin F G C Am No choice but mine to cross the threshold of that calling door / C E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am E Am En-ter in, oh en-ter gent-ly soft-ly swift-ly in F G C F The handle cold lies within reach Am G Am Are there lessons left to learn? Am G C Am I pause against that calling door, pause and turn away F G E Supposing that that calling door can wait another day F G Another day, or two, no more Am G F E F G Am Until I seek the siren song of that calling door F G Am Someday soon we each must go F G Am What lies beyond, I'm dying to know Am E Am But not today