Whitefish Song

from Songs for Ancient Days by Jay Cravath

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Had I known you then
Had it been in some small town so far away
I would have run to you, eyes to eyes and pulled you in
Saying to you: "Please let this love begin.
Let it start right now I have much to say
Let the song begin, hear the fiddles play
For the morning sun has not broken noon
We could run to the beach, we could be there soon"

Had it been in Spring- swallows turning in the lilac air
Your mother was gardening, saying don't stay out too late
Knowing in her heart love had found its fate
You're a diamond fixed in this gypsy ring
Or the softened rain making sidewalks sing
You take my hand with the school bell's ring
We are in the park doing everything
An afternoon that storytellers use to take you in

Had you danced in my backyard
all the neighbors inside with their TV's on
Your eyes a-sparkling like a million stars over our town
Dancing with you, making my love go 'round
It goes round and round like a leaf in stream
You would take my heart when the earth was green
The night so blue in the skyline dream
And the Northern Lights riding in between

Somewhere in between
An age of innocence and this crazy city scene
I saw you in the light, like a hero from my childhood dreams
Or some movie when love comes finally clean
And the lovers dance on the open ground
While the clouds collide with the thunder's sound
Then the credits roll out the cast and crew
And some singer sings while it fades to blue
The way I feel about you is like a love song with no end

Where are you in reference to the wind
I close my eyes and find no comfort there
If I could see you now, if I could hold you again
We'd know in our hearts life begins again
Let it start right now we have all this time
Let the song begin the poets weave their rhyme
We are both so young and our feet so free
We are sons and daughters of our harmony

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from Songs for Ancient Days, released April 1, 2017

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