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Swallowtail Trails
02:54
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there you were in the day
there you were on your way
but in the night
there were no swallowtails
there were just all their trails
left within sight
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Move in Time
04:59
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she pours again upon the tea leaves
clears the cup once more and she leaves
to see among the changing tree leaves
the blooming and falling
the people yearn until the rain stops
then they may fly in hopes the pain stops
and see them all when soon the train stops
in meeting and parting
and when the sun may find its way in
then all may find their place to stay in
but see how they may ever sway in
the laughing and weeping
the seasons turn anew and so on
and so the fleeting flock will flow on
then see the next one come to go on
in reaping and sowing
for what has been
will move in time evergreen
for what went before
will move in time evermore
and now she's still
a summer flower on the hill
and now she's gone
a winter flute in the dawn
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First Nature
02:38
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i ought to return to my first nature
bright in the dawn
now it's gone with the last spring
and i just have this song
and to return to my first nature
safe by your side
now it's flown with the last summer
the valley wanders wide
and to return to my first nature
true as the tree
now it's one with the last autumn
fallen far from me
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4. |
Long Departure
03:29
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and on and on
my feet move like a floating weed in the lake
with only grief drawn in its wake
and down and down
my head hangs like an autumn leaf in the crowd
that for its way will keep it bowed
i know what i have done to you
in the long departure
i know what i’ve become for you
in the long departure
a day at a time
a train on the line
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5. |
Natural Home
05:06
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in the first light you may walk
for now to fare forth from the stalk
upon which all life springs
and so you rise in your day to see
where it is that you ought to be
among all living things
in the first wind you may know
some must come and some must go
but some things never change
and all who walk will walk the same
you just walk with a different name
in a season so strange
in the first rain you may find
that you may have been left behind
to slowly sink from sight
but for the fork that parts the road
if you should wander from the code
keep true to the first light
the hand seeks, the tongue speaks
the heart yearns away
the bird calls, the leaf falls
the earth turns away
and all will move to its natural time
the shepherd leads, the child reads
the mother prays away
the sailor sails, the hunter trails
the stranger strays away
and all will move to their natural home
i sing of the sky and i sing of the sea
but who of you will sing of me?
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In the Wind
02:24
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i will lay me in the wind
for now the sun to be my keep
i will lay me in the wind
for now the moon to be my sleep
i will lay me in the wind
for now the sky to be my release
i will lay me in the wind
for now the sea to be my peace
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7. |
Next Return
03:24
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when all things good
and all things bright
when all things clear
next return in light
when all things gone
and all things been
when all things deep
next return so green
when all things strange
and all things true
when all things sung
next return to you
then you may know how all things stay
and you may see me in my way
still yielding
still yearning
still running
still returning
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Good Garden
04:51
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how the earth moves on day by day
greener than an apple
and see the light spread far on the lay
wider than a ripple
and for a good seed that you may sow
so it will be that the good garden may grow
and now the clock will come to its chime
swifter than a swallow
and so the stone will wear in its time
softer than a pillow
but for a good seed that you may sow
so it will be that the good garden may grow
the hill will keep, the dell will keep
all you’ve seen when you’re laid so deep
the hill will know, the dell will know
all you’ve been when you’re laid so low
summer and winter, over and ever
and everything goes with the river
for to ferry on
around and again, abound and ascend
and everything goes in the wind
for to carry on
and the river flows
and the wind blows
through an aeolian harp
and the good garden grows
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9. |
Song for Persephone
03:26
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when i first walked unto all
i wandered free and far as nature
but never saw how i may fall
so deep and dark for your departure
and all would fly upon their way
while i just sit here in the showers
for now as april turns to may
i wait for you and all the flowers
may the morning come anew
that i should rise from where i lay
with this dream of spring and you
spilled into the light of day
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10. |
June
01:04
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