SINGING IN CIRCLES

Some folks, when they reach the ocean

Think that's just as far as they can go

Some, bedeviled by the sea,

Will hollow out a trea and set afloat

Still others settle on the shore

And gather sweet companions under wing

To make a circle round a fire

And there aspire to help each other sing

A song that's waiting to be found

But circles only go around

Sayonara, my darlings

This ship is outward bound

I loved a girl from Iowa

When I was but a decade in this (wisp of a) life

One summer month of magic days

And, I think, if she'd stayed

She'd be my wife

Oh, distance made it easier

To disregard her letters and the tears

But through the weeds and violets

Of time and loss this coward heart still hears

A song that's waiting to be found

But lovers only go around

Sayonara, my darling

This ship is outward bound

Singing in circles

Secrets revealed

Singing in circles

Something is healed

That circles spin and grow

But stay in place

That is their charm, I know

They stay to gather blossoms

Gather leaves and grace

And all that gorgeous snow

Was it yesterday

I found this boardwalk carousel

And climbed aboard?

Whirling camaraderie

The melody to harmony restored

That won't stop me going

Even knowing

That the ocean's other side

Is just another shore

From which to gaze back and adore

What's left behind

A song that's waiting to be found

But circles only go around

Sayonara, my darling

This ship is outward bound.

(c) Copyright 2006, Ragamuffin Music