The Sundown Lullaby

 

There's so much to life that I will never know

When peace is gone I suppose I'll be alone

Don't walk away with teardrops in your eyes

If solitude comes it doesn't mean you have to hide

I light a candle tonight in your name

It goes out of conrol and becomes a bright eyed flame

Over the shore, flying high up in the sky

They're watching over you, you don't need to cry

For there's a song playing for you that you will never know

And someone's beside you everywhere you go

There's a seed you buried in the ground getting rain tonight

And even though you don't see light, you know that it's allright

There's a wind blowing whispers, secrets in the air

The uncontrolled twilight receives an awkward stare

There's a message that you sent in a bottle through the sea

No one gave an answer.....and a clue is is all you need

 

It all seems to begin where the waves come crashing in

But the rolling water is actually the end

Statued here dazzled by what I see tonight

The sand imitates embers, from the full moons light

Sprouting in the fields, the earth remains the same

We remain the children, we portray a drop of rain

People walk through my life and see me everyday

And I get a little wiser with every word I say

There's a ship that croossed the ocean many years ago

I wonder where it is now, which way did it go?

I wanna know

 

There's stories I can tell of red suns & tye-dyed skies

And flying things that have no wings and need no rest to ride

Purple mountains, ice blue sand...where the fruit still grows

A garden of our youth that no one else shall know

Child, rest your head, there's peace beyond the clouds

Sleep away the night without a sound

Woman, close your eyes and dream of this tonight

For in the morning, there'll be another light

Say Goodnight

 

 

Copyright 1995  (Robert West)