THERE WERE FADED PRINTS ON THE WALLS NOT QUITE STRAIGHT,
THEY ALL WENT AWAY AS THOUGH THEY COULDN'T WAIT,
A DOOR SWUNG IN THE BREEZE AND OLD BOARDS CREAKED,
FLIES BUZZED IN THE KITCHEN AND AN OLD TAP STILL LEAKED;
YOU COULD SIT ON A CHAIR AND GAZE AT THE VIEW,
THERE WERE VOICES BUT NONE OF THEM BELONGED TO YOU,
THEY BELONGED TO WHO YOU WANTED THEM TO BELONG TO,
THEY GAVE THE RIGHT ANSWERS AND GOOD REASONS TOO,
DISTANT LAUGHTER RHYMED WITH THE CLINK OF GLASSES,
BECOMING SOFTER, AS ONLY TIME AND MEMORY PASSES;
A DOG BARKED AS THE SUN WENT DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN,
IT WAS TIME THEN AND TIME NOW TO RETURN TO TOWN,
HE SHOULDN'T HAVE COME - LEFT ALL THE GHOSTS ALONE BUT -
COULDN'T RESIST A SMILE WHEN HE KICKED THE SCREEN DOOR SHUT.

I'VE BEEN WARM FOR SO LONG, LOOK FORWARD TO THE COOL,
THEY SAY THAT, 'YOU MAY GET WHAT YOU WISH FOR - BE CAREFUL,'
I REMEMBER SPRING WHEN CHERRY BLOSSOM BEGAN TO SING,
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS NO MATTER WHAT GOD MAY BRING;
WE MAKE LOVE IN FEBRUARY WHEN FROST IS ON THE GROUND,
I'M BORN BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN NOVEMBER COMES AROUND,
IF YOU FEEL GOOD TO BE ALIVE WHEN IT'S TEMPERATE,
IT'S MAGICAL AND YOUR LIFE CAN CHANGE IN AN INSTANT;
YOU RECALL THEM IN YOUR LIFE - MOMENTS SO THEY SAY
THAT WON'T ALWAYS COME AGAIN, THEY'RE PHOTOGRAPHED
LIKE ICE CREAM ON YOUR NOSE WHEN WE BOTH LAUGHED,
LOOKING DOWN FROM THE BALLOON HOLDING A GLASS,
SOMETHING FROZEN - YOU DIDN'T WANT THE TIME TO PASS.

THEY CAME TO THE MARSHES WHERE THE WIND BLEW THE REEDS,
WHERE THE DRAGONFLIES SKIMMED AND THE HERON FEEDS,
WINGS FLAPPED, HANDS CLAPPED AND FISH DARTED LIKE FIRE,
OF SUN FLASHES AND SHADOWS, UNSEEN GHOSTS - YOU COULD NOT TIRE;
CAUGHT IN A NET - MY FREEDOM IS CURTAILED,
TO REMAIN AT LARGE I HAVE FAILED AND BECOME SMALL
IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS - NO LONGER, 'LORD OF THE RINGS,'
BUT THERE IS A GAP I CAN HEAD FOR - AN ESCAPE TO THE SKY -
YOU MUST ENJOY YOUR LIFE = PROMISE ME YOU'LL TRY,
PROMISE ME YOU'LL HELP OTHERS IF I LET YOU GO,
PROMISE ME TO SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE YOUR SHADES OF INDIGO,
OTHERWISE I'LL CATCH YOU AGAIN WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING SLOW;
WHEN THEY WENT - EVERYONE WAS SETTLED = ONLY AN 'ADMIRAL'
WHO HAD LOST HIS PARTNER WAS SO SAD WITH IT ALL.

A BURNING SPIRIT WHOOSHED FROM WITHIN ME,
THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO MYSTERIOUSLY,
SAME AS YOU DO WE LAUGHED ACROSS ALL,
THINGS HAD CHANGED - A DIFFERENT HAT IN THE HALL;
I TOOK THIS HAT AND WENT OUT INTO THE RAIN,
EVERYTHING WAS POSSIBLE - THE PAST WOULD NOT COME AGAIN,
I KICKED A BALL AND I SCORED A GOAL,
A SMILE THEY SAY WAS GOOD FOR THE SOUL,
I SAID 'HELLO' TO EVERYONE I MET,
THE JELLY WAS SET, I DIDN'T NOTICE I WAS WET,
MY MIND WAS CLEAR, AMAZING AFTER MANY A YEAR,
YOU SAY YOU CAN'T BUT YOU CAN ENGAGE ANOTHER GEAR;
MAYBE I REALIZED THAT SOME THINGS HAD BEEN WRONG,
WHEN I WENT HOME, MY WIFE SAID: 'WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?'

' THE  LEAVES  ARE  TURNING  MY  DEAR,'  IT  WOULD  APPEAR
THAT  I  LOVED  YOU  IN  THE  SUMMER  TIME,  AUTUMN  TOO,
WE HUDDLED IN THE WINTER, SPRING WHEN ALL WAS NEW,
I LIKED THE SCARVES AND HATS & PLENTY OF 'THIS & THATS,'
NOW YOU'RE COVERED IN LAYERS, I CAN'T SEE YOUR  FORM,
I KNOW YOUR CURVES, YOU'RE WARM FROM WHEN YOU WERE BORN,
WHEN THE SUN COMES, YOUR GENEROUS ARMS ARE SEEN,
I LOVE TO LOOK AT YOU IN COLOURS BLUE OR GREEN,
WE ARE IN SPIRIT, KNOW EACH OTHER WELL, STILL MAGIC,
KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SAY, AMAZING GRACE, I CARE
ABOUT YOUR EVERY MOVE, BUILD SPACE, TAKE TIME OUT,
I KNOW ANSWERS - NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT;
IT'S ABOUT EVERY MOMENT - THEY MAY NOT ALL BE FINE,
BUT WHEN I SEE THE LEAVES FALLING, I KNOW YOUR MINE.

ALL  WILL  BE  REVEALED,  IF  NOT - THEN
THERE  IS  NOTHING;  GIVE  ME  THE  TUNNEL
WITH  WHITE  LIGHT  AT  THE  END,  LIFT
MY  SPIRIT  WHICH  LOVE  WILL  TRANSCEND,  
LET  ME  SEE THE  DUST  ON  THE  LIGHTS,
NOW  THAT  I'VE  RISEN  TO  NEW  HEIGHTS,
BY  ASTRAL  PROJECTION,  MY  RESURRECTION  
IS  COMPLETE - FROM  UP  HERE  EVERYTHING
LOOKS  SO  NEAT, SPREAD  OUT  ALL IN  ROWS,
I'M  FLOATING  ALL THE  TIME BUT  NO  ONE  KNOWS
WHERE  WE  MIGHT  FINALLY  REST  IN THE  END,
I  COULD  TELL  YOU  BUT  PERHAPS  I'LL  JUST  PRETEND
THAT  I'M  STILL  IN  MY  BODY  LYING  PROSTRATE,
BUT  TO  TRAVEL  AGAIN  I  JUST  CAN'T  WAIT.