Silence Comes and Goes |play>

no time to see
no time to say
no time to speak my mind
all the time flew away
the darkened oaks on the hillside
have been standing so long
the wet weathered wood
that fell in last night's storm

and I know that the winds will never change things
I know that the silence comes and goes

a lone palm in the desert 
its roots cling to the ground
lies the dirt and the light
but nothing else around

a tree's life is lonesome

Written and performed by Derek White ©1989
 
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