A swan of white, she came to me
The lake mirrored her beauty sweet
I kissed her neck, adored her grace
But needed nothing she could give
The silver swan, who living had no note,
When death approached, unlocked her silent throat;
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more:
"Farewell, all joys; Oh death, come close mine eyes;
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise."
White bird
In a golden cage
On a winter’s day
In the rain
White bird
In a golden cage
Alone
The leaves blow
Across the long, black road
To the darkened skies
In it’s rage
But the white bird
Just sits in her cage
Unknown
White bird must fly
Or she will die
I wish I was an egret
Shinin’ like a star
I’d be down
At the water’s edge
If I was a seeker
Lookin’ for the scar
Softly pleading
In the reeds at the water’s edge
Oh, the river is deep
The river, it touches my life
Like the waves on the sand
And all roads lead to Tranquility Base
Where the frown on my face disappears
Take me back to my boat on the river
And I won’t cry out anymore
Gonna ride across the river, deep and wide
Ride across the river to the other side
Love is a song that never ends
Life can be short and fleeting
Hope may die, but love’s beautiful music
Comes each day like the dawn
Love is but a song we sing
Fear’s the way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or make the angels cry
Though the bird is on the wing
And you may not know why
I’d like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I’d like to hold it in my arms
And keep it company
I’m never gonna let you go
I’m gonna hold you in my arms forever
Gonna try and make up for all the times, I hurt you so
Gonna hold your body close to mine
From this day on, we’re gonna be together
Oh, I swear this time
I’m never gonna let you go
And I’m gonna keep on lovin’ you
‘Cause it’s the only thing I wanna do
I don’t wanna sleep
I just wanna keep on lovin’ you
And I meant every word I said
When I said that I love you
I meant that I love you forever
Last night I saw a little girl fly
But she couldn’t look me in the eye
Tried to laugh but I had to cry
Never thought I could ask her “Why?”
If this is all a dream (dream)
It won’t go away
I only want to sleep
This can’t be today
Smile though your heart is aching
Smile, even though it’s breaking
When there are clouds in the sky
You’ll get by
Yeah, you’re about to go insane
Cause your woman’s playing games
And she says that you’re to blame
You got to keep on smilin’, keep on smilin’
I been getting all these visits from my friends
(Yeah, what they doing to me?)
They call up my house again and again, and again, and again
So I’ll be there to see my woman
Won’t even be there, but they just keep on calling
What can I do to get on the right track?
I wish they’d take some of these knives out my back!
In my nightmare, you forgive me
The cruellest gift you could ever give me
You say that you understand me now
But your eyes say, brother, I’ll get you somehow
Ohh, Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won’t heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you’re a star in the face of the sky
The road is long
With a many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows where
But I’m strong
Strong enough to carry him
He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother
Well me and brother Bill went a huntin’ away up in the hills of Maine
The reason why we went up there we thought we’d catch some gain
And as we were a huntin’ away in the middle of the night
We shot somethin’ that looked like a grizzly bear the doggone thing turned white
Many miles away
There’s a shadow on the door
Of a cottage on the shore
Of a dark Scottish lake