(Pt. 2)  the water garden

 

take me close to an eastern sky

where the white sun dawns

let me rest on your riverbanks

'til the evening cums

in & out of body and water

the trees shadow the moon

let the grass dry off my skin

i'll be back in you soon

 

where it rains again - here the lakes flow over the signs

i'll ride the storm to where the river of dreams meets the sea of life

 

(chorus)

here i become myself

leave my wishing well

for an ancient sky

where my soul's left free to fly

 

dripping wet from a warm, lovely swamp

the filth that cleanses me

rock hard, put a ripple in the garden

an overpowering beauty

i feel the rapids of a true communion

the valley ridge in bloom

low place got me feeling so high

i'll be nowhere soon

 

my cup is full but no contentment surrounds my soul

i'll find a home where the bread of my mind knows the boundaries of hope

 

(chorus)

 

solo

 

(chorus)



Copyright 2000  (Robert West)