LYRIC FOR SALE

By Anne Elder

When we began this voyage
all our hearts were full of song.
I started to look forwards
and that's where it all went wrong.
Ticking off all the milestones
without savouring what they are,
got caught up in a current,
made our journey seem less far.

(chorus)
I'm sailing down the river
but the boat's moving too fast.
My eyes alight on scenery
but the images don't last.
Heading for the waterfall,
I don't want all this to end.
I don't know how to slow down
and I can't see round the bend.

At first the boat was bursting,
now there's only me left here.
My days they are so lonely
and my nights are full of fear.
I want to put the brakes on,
I'm too weak now, I have found.
I want to find an island,
take some breaths and look around.

(chorus)
I'm sailing down the river
but the boat's moving too fast.
My eyes alight on scenery
but the images don't last.
Heading for the waterfall,
I don't want all this to end.
I don't know how to slow down
and I can't see round the bend.

(bridge)
My watch shows me the time now
but it's not a time I know,
I'm sailing without purpose,
me, I have no place to go.

It's all gone by so quickly,
the whole thing's become a haze.
I cling on to the hope I'll
find a stopping place to laze,
where time won't go so quickly
and there'll be a brief refrain,
with people and with laughter,
then the journey starts again.

(chorus)
I'm sailing down the river
but the boat's moving too fast.
My eyes alight on scenery
but the images don't last.
Heading for the waterfall,
I don't want all this to end.
I don't know how to slow down
and I can't see round the bend.

I don't know how to slow down
and I can't see round the bend.