Next Turn Of The Wheel
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Next Turn of the Wheel
It could break your heart to watch the sun
Strike gold along this shore
where the little boats still bump and spin
As they did long years before
The harbour lights burn dim tonight
They've closed these boats all down
And the men all stand in silence
on the corners of the stand
And they stand and smoke by empty stores
And they watch the cars roll by
they stare into the distance
with hard and angry eyes
So it's farewell to the harbour
farewell to the fields
farewell to deep salt water
that swells beneath your keel
What's gone is lost forever
I pray someday we're healed
and that we'll meet again some brighter day
next turn of the wheel
And the houses here look much the same
well perhaps a bit more worn
and the shingles gleam like silver
as they did when we were born
and the scent of pine and moss and vine
yes and rose and bayleaf too
still spice the warm and fragrant air as they did back in my youth
So it's farewell to the harbour
farewell to the fields
farewell to deep salt water
that swells beneath your keel
What's gone is lost forever
I pray someday we're healed
and that we'll meet again some brighter day
next turn of the wheel
I dipped my hand into the sea
and raised it to my mouth
and a sudden warm breeze stirred the air and
blew up from the south
and the air was sweet with blossoms
and the sea was salt with tears
and the sun danced on the water
I was swept back through the years
I climbed the hill and I paused for breath
yes and one last backward glance
down by the green and emeralds hill
where the fragile cornflowers dance
and I stood once more and I crossed the ridge
of that dear familiar hill
and the beating of the waves was lost
like a heart forever stilled.