There was music in the meadow
A girl with flowers in her hair
But I pa**ed by on the highway
You know I didn't seem to care
When she called my name much later
In a Paris night life trance
She held out her hand to me
But I didn't know how to dance
With one so kind and graceful
With one so kind and pure
I left her, no I ran from her
Not wanting the simple cure
She was reaching in the night from fright
For just one soul that she could trust
It seems to me - she's dancing on the wild sea
Like each and every one of us
Like each and every one of us
A childhood misgiving
Comes to me through this mellow air
Breaking my sweet intoxication
Driving me to despair
For the love of a lifetime
Is nothing more than the love of now
Again I see her reaching out
Again I don't know how
The things that mean so little
Could grow so large and bold
In the crazy minds of children
Locked out in the cold
Reaching in the night from fright
For just one soul they can trust
It seems to me – they're lost on the sea
Like each and every one of us
Like each and every one of us
Still there is a silence
Few dare to comprehend
It is deeper than the darkness
Of a soul that will not mend
And yet it's not too far off
From any of us