Garden Wall - Venice

Among the fields of straw and stover Clocked in 'til the work day is over Time's a gentle stream, longer than it seems Patient is the night How I long to see her face now Her starry moonlit gaze now I know she's never late, still anxiously I wait Patient is the night I know she's never late, still anxiously I wait Patient is the night

Led through the mist By the milk-light of moon All that was lost is revealed Our long bygone burdens Mere echoes of the spring But where have where we come? And where shall we end? If dreams can't come true Then why not pretend? How the gentle wind Beckons through the leaves As autumn colors fall Dancing in a swirl Of golden memories The loveliest lies of all

Another winter morning gone Beautiful winter moving on And though you taught me to stay warm I never learned to brave the storm And as I lay here by myself Again I say here to myself You're really never coming back Never coming back Another spring without you here Beautiful spring without you near And though you taught me how to grow I never learned to let you go And as I stand here in the rain I understand here in the rain You're really never coming back Back to my window Back to my door Back to the life we were living before Back to a love that will not go away Back to this bed where I lay... As the Autumn evening falls Another Autumn evening calls And though you taught me how to love I never learned to live without enough I bundle up and say your name And realize here once again It isn't ever going to end 'Cause you're never coming back Back to my window Back to my door Back to the life we were living before Back to a love that will not go away Back to this bed where I lay... Oh if you only had stayed Back in this bed where I lay You're really never coming back

If you were an angel up in heaven And I was a Devil with a wish I would hop the Pearly Gates Sell my soul and bribe the saints You can bet your wings I'd do all this For a kiss On the lips If you were a knight in shining armor I would be a damsel in distress I'd let the dragon capture me So you could come and rescue me I would have no problem doing this For a kiss On the lips There'd be no doubt about it I'd swim the seven seas I just can't do without it If you were a vampire in a casket I would love to meet you in the mist I'd keep the garlic far away Drink all night and sleep all day I am not afraid to do all this For a kiss On the neck () One kiss is all I need

Keep a fire burning in your eye Pay attention to the open sky You never know what will be coming down I don't remember losing track of you You were always dancing in and out of view I must've always thought you'd be around Always keeping things real by playing the clown Now you're nowhere to be found I don't know what happens when people die Can't seem to grasp it as hard as I try It's like a song playing right in my ear That I can't sing I can't help listening I can't help feeling stupid standing 'round Crying as they ease you down Cause I know that you'd rather we were dancing Dancing our sorrow away (Right on dancing) No matter what fate chooses to play (There's nothing you can do about it anyway) Just do the steps that you've been shown By everyone you've ever known Until the dance becomes your very own No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown In the end there is one dance you'll do alone Keep a fire for the human race And let your prayers go drifting into space You never know will be coming down Perhaps a better world is drawing near And just as easily, it could all disappear Along with whatever meaning you might have found Don't let the uncertainty turn you around (The world keeps turning around and around) Go on and make a joyful sound Into a dancer you have grown From a seed somebody else has thrown Go on ahead and throw some seeds of your own And somewhere between the time you arrive and the time you go May lie a reason you were alive but you'll never know