LOOKING AROUND
Lyrics by Roger Coghill
Standing on the highest peak (A: Verse: 2 x 8 bars)
Of the mountain of my life
I see the vista all around
Back and forth, and up and down.
Looking down I see the vales,
Memories my life entails,
When I recall some sun-filled day
And a trusting child at play.
Looking back to see the scenes
Where I dreamed and lost my dreams
Golden girls who moved my heart
Froze to snapshots when we part.
Looking East the crescent moon
Promises a scorching June.
Keeping emotions of its own
Well within my comfort zone
We’re born, we live, we love, we die, (B: Bridge: 8 bars)
Like the four seasons of the year
The seasons all return again
But little lives stay shortly here.
So foolish then to guard my heart
In case it breaks and falls apart
Umbrellas guard me from the rain:
Love’s heat can’t crack my window pane.
Looking West, the sun sets low (A: Verse: 8 bars)
And old emotions ebb and flow
And I look up to see the light
Where I’ll scale that final height.
Maybe my days will finish well
Some happy ending still to tell,
And live those autumn years of gold
With your true love to have and hold.