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A Fish Out Of Water

from As Sure As the Sun Rises in the East by Tim Lane

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FISH OUT OF WATER

A traveller found herself far from her home
When a magical sound met her ear
Music outlandish fantastic and rare;
Such beauty she never did hear
Voices there were, so joyfully singing
In words she could not understand
Melodious sweet and yet never so strange
As if from an alien land

She set out to find the source of this music
To see how such wonders were made
And soon she discovered it came from a place
Where none such as she ever strayed
A tower of timber, of flint and of stone
So near and yet so far away
Were she to go there she’d not do it walking
And yet she would try just the same

CHORUS
Sing me that song of sunshine and starlight
Of soft summer rain and the wide open sky
I heard your voice and I am left breathless
A fish out water am I
A fish out water am I

The going was hard but she pulled herself forwards
The music was driving her on
She wanted to seat herself next to those singers
The better to hear their sweet song
When broken and bloodied she came to the tower
She cried out “Please let me come in!
I’ve travelled so far drawn by your sweet music
I would sit by your side as you sing”

CHORUS

Beg as she might they refused to admit her
Her gentle request was denied
“For none such as you can ever come in here
It neither is fitting nor right”
The traveller waited til no-one was looking
And found a way in all the same
She sat there in silence and listened enraptured
And there she has ever since stayed

CHORUS

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from As Sure As the Sun Rises in the East, released January 5, 2021

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