Lilac Sky Lyrics

Oh my child, how you grow

How the greenest spring turns to snow

How the twilight waits and for a while is still

While the nightingale sings sweetly by the hill

And now I don't pretend to have words on which you can depend

But the fall of dusk ensures you'll never see this moment again

Cause' I never win when that sun sinks low

But under that lilac sky I go

I too was once was so young as you

My body burned and yearned to move

How the years have faded by so fast

The seasons come and seasons pass

Outside the streets of fire recede and dim like candlelight

Shadows climb the mantelpiece and walk into the black of night

The village swims neath' chimney smoke

And under that lilac sky we go

Do not mourn the days of youth

The dawn begins again anew

With every breath you breathe this night

Gather your strength and seize the fight

Sit beneath the white beam tree in its silver summer light

Remember always times like these, hear the sparrows sing on high

And though you'll never win when that wild wind blows

Under that lilac sky you'll go