It's the sight and sound of something new
Delighted by and warming to
The day was long
And the future seemed bright
The impossible was attained tonight
Here is a song that I used to know
It stays with me on the winding road
I ran so far
It was hard and fast
Breaking free from a clouded past
Arriving strange in stranger's land
Feeling the warmth of a helping hand
I heard a voice that carried me away
Wandering lanes so far away
Let's linger under a shady tree
Sway, sway, sway with me
Now is the time
It may come no more
Something awaits on the further shore
The thunder came as the seas rolled on
A stranger's days had come and gone
Looking back from the further shore
I lived a dream that would come no more
I settled down as a fury raged
Slow to the touch of a world so changed
The day is short and the future's not clear
But I'm home again in the light of another year