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Subject: Love is Revealing

Author:
andy

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Date Posted: 02:25:14 01/15/08 Tue

"Love is Revealing"

You can lay your head down
down to the ground
and feel the earth breathe
as your heart starts to pound.
You can see the moon rising
above the scrub oaks
you can laugh at the truth
when your lonely heart jokes
but you can't wage a war
and expect to win
if you're running from love
on both sides again
and the halo is fading
and the innocence gone
and it's damn close to frightening
how the years have moved on
ain't it truly revealing
How love just hung on.

I took the fast train to Boston
In the wink of an eye
I had passed through the heavens
and hells sliding by,
as the sights like a movie
played out the glass
I was caught in a moment between
the future and past
and the girl with the backpack
from Krakow had come
to gaze at destruction
In New York's August Sun
the towers of power
cast no shadows now
just an empty reminder
that all's changed somehow

I sat on a bench
twenty-five years ago
with a girl that I loved
but she had to go
now the clock it kept ticking
and the time slipped away
ain't it truly revealing
when love comes to stay
a man and a woman
shared that same bench
and wondered in silence
where all the years went
and they know of a calling
that might never be heard
in the truth of that moment
it all seemed so absurd
In another ten years when
the waves call us back
what excuse will we have
for the things that we lack.......... >???????<
we can talk on forever
but in silence there's truth
love knows no difference
between aging and youth

And the woman from Krakow
said she liked my smile
so I shared her my thoughts
and relaxed for awhile
and she spoke of her future
as she ran from her past
and said ain't it crazy my friend
how old love can last
so I told her my story
of a woman I know
and I sensed that she liked me
by the way her eyes glowed
and I wondered in silence
if Polish girls dance
as the train rambled on
I slipped back into my trance
I was dreaming of cartwheels
with the shores risin' sun
and kayaks and dolphins
that all add up to one
world that we live in
we are here and then gone
ain't it truly revealing
how love just hangs on

In the madness of thought
new dreams are born
rushing like rivers
through the baggage we've worn
and they make you brand new
and they bring you new light
but as fast as they come
they can fade out of sight
but I know of a dream
I once packed away
and ignored in my heart
where I knew it would stay
the girl is a woman
a mother, a wife
so my dreams just a dream
and I go on with my life.

The train it is ramblin'
and so are my words
that blow by my day
like stories you've heard
and Krakow is calling
from across the way
talking of fate
and the prices we pay
and I wonder in silence
of her crossed thighs
are they closed in defense
of the look in her eyes?
some women are starving
some women just lie
and go on with their lives
without asking why?
and then in a moment
the thoughts were all gone
ain't it truly revealing
how love just hangs on

On the old streets of Boston,
I walked in the night,
and remembered an evening
when the dream was in sight
we were both younger
all those spent years ahead
were still there for living
so we parted instead
of facing the truth
that lived in our hearts
there's no time frame for knowing
when love ends or starts
And then on that night
with the flash of a screen
I saw her name there
and soon after the dream
came up from the heart
where it rested in wait
love just doesn't get it
that sometimes it's too late
Now here I am learning
after four months have gone
That love can be crazy
When it just hangs on.

There's a sun that is hidden
by the roll of the earth
there's a day that is waiting
for a new birth
There's a girl on a train
with a fluttering heart
swearing inside that
they'll never part
She's too young yet to know
of the truth love will keep
so I lay my head down
in search of sweet sleep
and my last thought before
my dreams sailed me away
were centered around love
and the price we can pay
and then in a moment
my thoughts were gone
ain't it truly amazing
how love can live on.

Ain't it amazing, revealing, and true
that when it comes to loves choice,
there's not a thing we can do
when I think of the years that have all gone
all I'm left with is realizing
that love just hung on.

And when the dust of my life
is blown in the wind
I'll visit you often forever friend
for although my life in a sense will be gone
you'll still hear me whisper
that love still lives on.

ajs

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