The Quiet Wonder

I'd shake your hand

If I had one to extend but it was

Blown off in the war

The war that ended just a minute ago

When I came in the front door

When I left town

'Bout a hundred years ago I didn't

Think I'd lose my way

The kind of losing where you wonder at the end

If you even know your name

CHORUS

I remember the days

When we sang

Sang the tunes of the night

With the quiet wonder of

Being so near

I understood

That the nature of your smile was always

Etched within the frame

Of the way that you insisted that you be

And I thought it was a game

Now you're gone

And I'm looking at the ground where you

Held us all aloft

And the burdens that you carried like a mule

On your back, tender and soft

BRIDGE

All the crazy caravans

The trails of dust and memories

Rising like the feathers of a bird

Spread the wings, the family

Of bleary eyes and hungry for

The promise which will save us in a Word