Categories: musings
Date: 25 January 2007 18:21:25
I know this song by Show of Hands, but it was written by the great songwriter Ralph McTell. The song is about saying goodbye and going away. The words of these verses, particularly the last one, say pretty much what I've wanted to, and I wanted to share them.
And I never looked back as the train left the station,
Crossed over the roadway and into the park,
And there in a bar an old man was singing,
And I sat there drinking until it got dark.
And above all the stars were all hidden by rain clouds,
The song of the old man still locked in my brain,
And all emigration, the curse of a nation
The setting now fitting his sad sweet refrain.
And above all the roar of the town was the blue sky,
I heard the birds sing for the dawning of the day
And there was no help from the city forthcoming,
Nor sympathy numbing your going away
Ralph McTell