The day is late summer
I’m paddling out across the water
Feeling like I got a whole world of time
I must have woke up grinning
I had a sweet dream and you were in it
Someday I’m gonna tell you what you had on
Before I could get landed
The tide washed out and left me stranded
I had to slog to shore in the mud
Everybody was laughing
‘Cause I was stuck and sinking fast
A lot like a man falling in love
Out here the sky falls away in a
silvery haze
To an ocean of columbine blue
I could walk on the hillsides or swim in this sea
Doesn’t matter whatever I do, here without you
Summer goes by so quickly,
I never knew it but evidently
We scooted right on through to the fall
But me, I’m still thinking
above the clouds there’s gotta be
A sun about to shine through on us all
And you’re in that city
Sending little sweet messages to me
At least that’s what I dream
Fool that I may be
I’m laying here on the rainy ground
Seeing your face in every cloud
© Michael Tomlinson |