Roy Walker

I wandered all night

I wondered all night about you

I've been here for years

Just wandering around the neighbourhood

Like a fresh manifestation of an old phenomenon

A breeze whips through the trees

The rustling leaves and branches bend together

They're cued to sway

Forever by the forces

Of the Lord's choreography

I wandered all night

I wondered all night about you

I've been here for years

Just wandering around the neighbourhood

Just for a second the combination of sights

Sounds around him

Sends him hurtling back to the mirror

Of all of his teenager thoughts and fears

He passes big houses and family cars

They saddled the horses in cobblestone yards

He catches the moon looking down from the stars

Just like it's done for years and years

I wondered

I wondered

I wondered all night about you

I wondered

I wondered

I wondered all night (all night) about you

Perpetual feeling in the grown up world that's all around him

That there's secrets that could be

Revealed with knowledge and philosophy

And “Oh to be dumb, Oh to be smart”

He might be nursing a broken heart

But feeling this way he's just playing a part

That's been around for centuries

I wandered all night

I wondered all night about you

I've been here for years

Just wandering around the neighbourhood

I wandered all night

I wondered all night about you