Leafy Lane

I met her down a leafy lane
On a day I well remember
And the sun lay on a feather bed
'twas the first day of September
Every bird was busy chirping
Cricket in the hedgerows
Fuchsia drooping ruby earrings
That's the way that she goes

And she led me out by Murlough bay
Across the sea the mull of Kintyre
Tattered mist around her jagged peaks
Like smoke from a whin fire
In and out the green waves dancing
Overhead the gulls fly
Fragile flowers among the rockface
Follow her till I die

At midnight in the market towns
There on gable end she painted
"Let's tear down the barricade" she said
"Let's get reacquainted
There's room enough for all traditions
What the truth is God knows
Banish fear and superstition
That's the way that peace grows"

And she led me through the city streets
Past the ghost of children playing
And a thousand cameras clicked that day
And missed what she was saying
Rich and famous flocked to meet her
With lofty acclamations
Turned and walk the other way
With their own interpretations

Oh my love she is a fragile flower
And her beauty is a pleasure
And the memory of that first sweet kiss
I will always treasure
And though I don't know where she is
I'll never rest contented
Until I hold her in my arms
And love is reinvented

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