The plane landed
The wind was high
There was excitement in the air…
New people, new country, new life
Leaving loved ones behind
I had come-----
With tears in my eyes
The sun was high
The sky clear
My skin tingled of the unknown
For he was not there
The sky is dull….
The rain is pouring
The station is quiet and smoky
I saw him there
Like a breath of fresh air
A ray of golden sunshine
Brightening up my life
But the moment passed
All to quickly
And he was gone
Leaving behind the long days
And cold weary nights….
In a new country
With new people
And tears still shining in my eyes……….
The sky will cover us tonight.
The town crackles beneath our feet
for your eyes' unsettling tilt
and your luminosity in yellows and reds.
Next to you, my bones shine pure white
through the veil of my skin.
Buildings flail in your presence
blanch, and turn the stale gray of concrete.
Your voice reaches out to stoplights and mailboxes,
they writhe in your radiance.
In one second, they are destroyed,
left in humps of twisted metal,
only to spring up to life once more,
plain from what they have seen.
Tonight, even the moon stoppers up her mouth,
flowing with history and folklore
at the heavy trod of your feet
against the bronzed stone.
Tonight the sky and earth will be silent,
the dusky hues of night our only company.
There's no way I can say
The stars belong to you
The sky will always be blue
just for you
Birds they fly and must be free
Flowers don't only bloom in spring
But I'd give you anything
if it were up to me
All the world would adore you
with songs and beautiful things
Sunsets would last forever
and cool breeze my love would bring
I'd kiss your hand
and kneel down at your feet
I'd point to all the land
and say it's from me
Butterflies will fill the skies
Hummingbirds at your side
I say these lines to make you mine
I think it would be so kind
There is no way I can say
the stars belong to you
The sky will always be blue
just for you
But there is one thing I can do
and that is give you my heart
and promise that I'll be true
just for you
(somewhat revised for Roseanne 6/6/1998 )