Lakeside Swans

Some have roots and want to stay

Others wings that have to fly

It matters not the time of year

Nor if they hold their lovers near

Some swear the valley is their home

Some on the mountains need to roam

But in this narrow place in time

I watch the lakeside swans go by

Into what they might have seen

The stirring of forgotten dreams

I cannot break his deep sound sleep

This gentle calm that runs so deep

Some swear the valley is their home

Some on the mountains need to roam

But in this narrow place in time

I watch the lakeside swans go by

Some they'll say they tried to help

Some left before the snows did melt

But poor is he who cannot choose

Between the lies and the honest truth

Some swear the valley is their home

Some on the mountains need to roam

But in this narrow place in time

I watch the lakeside swans go by

Just before the break of day

Forgotten words they've longed to say

An honest heart it knows no bounds

Like the lakeside waters sweetest sounds

Some swear the valley is their home

Some on the mountains need to roam

But in this narrow place in time

I watch the lakeside swans go by

Some swear the valley is their home

Some on the mountains need to roam

But in this narrow place in time

I watch the lakeside swans go by