Mercury
I walk through the graveyard and a late snow is on the ground
The bones lying underneath the ivy
Black crow flies high, his shadow moves across the stones
The snow that melts my footprint melts away
I turn from the West gate and look to the east
I will await the coming dawn to welcome the traveller home
I wonder if you hear me singing softly to myself
And I wonder do you recognise the tune
And times I've been so lonely for another human sound
I have cried and shouted to myself
I turn from the West gate and look to the east
I will await the coming dawn to welcome the traveller home
Dawn to dusk and dust to dust and days of mercury
In my mind's eye the time goes by is set like a crystal
At the end of the year the days grow dim, I feel the time go by
But you can't hold on to mercury.
You turn from the West gate and you look to the east
While earth awaits the coming dawn
To welcome the traveller home
Little Fox
If I had the time to live over
Would I find a way to get it right
Would I say the words
I really had meant to say
Would I change the things
That I've done
(The voice calls:)
Come, come away
Little fox, little bird
Run away into the night
You will burn your eyes
You will burn your wings
If you go into the light
If I have the strength to begin again
Will I find which way to go
If my legs stay steady
And my hands stay strong
Can I bend the road my own way
The voice calls:
Come, come away
Little fox, little bird
Run away into the night
You will burn your eyes
You will burn your wings
If you go into the light
If I give the very best part of me
Will I have enough left for my self
Will I change - will I turn around
Will I recognise my own name
The voice calls:
Come, come away
Little fox, little bird
Run away into the night
You will burn your eyes
You will burn your wings
If you go into the light
The Moon And The Sun
And she's ever-rising, ever-falling
The moon and the sun
Made of water, made of sand
Running right through your hands
And it's only, only for a little while
Only, only for a little while
She will be there for you
Give the love that you know
You'll accept nothing less
And expect nothing more
And only, only for a little while
Only, only for a little while
See the face that she's wearing today
Turn around while she's dreaming tonight
To become something new as she wakes
What you offer to her she will take
She will be there for you
Be the one that is yours
You'll accept nothing less
And expect nothing more
And only, only for a little while
Only, only for a little while
She's the mother and then she's the child
She's the daughter, the sister to some
She's your lover and then she's your friend
She's the night and the day - the moon and the sun
She is many and one
She is more than you know
She'll accept nothing less
And expect nothing more
And only, only for a little while
Only, only for a little while
One String Violin
Come, hear the call, feel the beat
Of the shuffling drummer
And move, you will sway, you will dance
Though you feel like you're dying
For these are the songs
And the ways of the world
All that is lost can never be regained
The way that it is
And the way it shall be
You will dance
And turn, slowly turn, in an arc
To the one-string violin
Your face is the mask
That belies
That you're broken inside
For these are the songs
And the ways of the world
The stillborn loves
And never-shall-bes
When trying sometimes
Is it's only reward
You will turn
And hope is a word that you use
When all hope has departed
And dreams
The country where your fears
Are the king and the queen
For these are the songs
And the ways of the world
With the broken hearts
And the empty eyes
The weak and the strong
Will all join in song
And will dance
Darling Companion
You were the best friend I ever knew
There was nothing I had to pretend
And nothing to prove
You gave a love that came to me
So strong and so free
And now that you're gone
You have left me life's legacy
But it's so hard to live on your own
And it's so hard learning to live without
My darling companion
Nothing can last forever
This much I know
So sad and so sorry we came to the end
And now nothing in this wide world
Can compare to your smile
But I count myself lucky
That I had your love for a while
But it's so hard to live on your own
And it's so hard learning to live without
My darling companion
It was you that showed me there's no way
Of getting blood from a stone
And those who's love won't come easy
Well, you just leave them alone
If there's a shadow on the sun today
And the moon is hiding behind the cloud
It's because I've been thinking of you
And your sweet, sweet way
Heart Like A Wheel
Some say a heart is just like a wheel
When you bend it, you can't mend it
And my love for you like is like a sinking ship
And my heart is on that ship
Out in mid-ocean
They say that death is a tragedy
It comes once and then it's over
And my only wish is for the deep, dark abyss
For what's the use of living
With no true lover
And it's only love, and it's only love
That can wreck a human being
And turn them inside out
When love is one, no harm can be done
Although it happens frequently
But what I can't understand
(Please come hold my hand)
Is why it had to happen to me
And it's only love, and it's only love
And it's only love, and it's only love
Some say a heart is just like a wheel
When you bend it, you can't mend it
And my love for you like is like a sinking ship
And my heart is on that ship
Put in mid-ocean
And it's only love, and it's only love
That can wreck a human being
And turn them inside out
And it's only love, and it's only love
Distant Thunder
There is a garden that is roofed over with glass and steel
It holds the kind of wonders you only see in dreams
Until it's time to cross over
And over again I hear the sound
Of distant thunder
I wish that I'd been born in nineteen hundred
And viewing change as positive progression
Instead of always feeling that I'm falling, falling
And waking from my dreams, with a start, every night
When ordinary people lose their lives
While hiding in a hole in the ground
Is anywhere safe anymore - on land or sea
Or sailing through the air on silver wings
I think it's time to call in the tide
There is a garden that is roofed over with glass and steel
It holds the kind of wonders you only see in dreams
Until it's time to cross over
And over again I hear the sound
Of distant thunder
For The Rose
I get up when the sun-rays kiss my eyes
I watch it travel high into blue sky
I say a little prayer for a brand new day
But why do I do I do I
Do I do I do I
Tremble in the night when I'm all alone
Cry out from the deep oblivion
Turn my face toward a new horizon
But why do I do I do I
Do I do I do I
Contemplate the fear in a love's surprise
And try to look behind someone else's eyes
And when do I find it's just myself
I really recognise
But why do I do I do I
Do I do I do I
Do I do I do I
Feel the rumble of the train - it's pulling me
I travel with it's sound, travel with the speed
How I wish that I was on that train today
But why do I do I do I
Do I do I do I
I'm looking for the place that my heart calls home
I'm waiting for the time when I look no more
I'm searching for the rose that has no thorn
Follow
Rain again, looks like it'll never end
It looks like this city will wash away
Away to the open sea
Tumble the building, bodies and trees
You follow - follow - follow
What your heart says do
Float away from me - from me
See your face out in the wave
Bow my head to insane circumstance
Open hands, let it all go
Line on my hand says
Yes - This is how it shall be
Read the facts there the way they stand
Oh, I see your face in the wave
On you go - away from me
You follow - follow - follow
What your heart says do, my friend
You follow - follow - follow
What your heart says do
Ariel
I can't say what I would tell
So make this song for Ariel
Dawn
How long before the break of day
How long before the sun rises
I will wait for the morning to come for me
I will wait quietly and still
But that's not the kind of dawn
That I had hoped to see
Take it, oh take it away
I had this dream last night
Oh, I saw roses come into bloom
I saw the sky was shining
All opal-bright
I saw it's light in your eyes
But that's not the kind of dawn
That I had hoped to see
Take it, oh take it away
Feeling alone and unreal
All the time that's the way I feel
I'm taking it slow
And I hope for the best
Oh, but take it, oh take it away
What's real and what's imagined
Am I still deep in my dream
I will wait for the morning
To come round again
I will wait a long time
But that's not the kind of dawn
That I had hoped to see
Take it, oh take it away