I haven’t seen you for some time

Have you been hiding? Have I been blind? For some time

I was flying but then I fell

Through the branches, no farewell Then I fell

In the morning, light is cold

The heart is heavy dreams untold, light is cold, sometimes the light is cold

Show me some thing that won’t change, won’t fade away

Is it a fair price to pay? That’s how we’re made

Oh it’s the strangest parade

when I was little nothing was hard

running barefoot across the yard it wasn’t hard

mother mother, where did you go

when I was little I didn’t know that you would go, where did you go?

Show me some thing that won’t change, won’t fade away

Is it a fair price to pay? That’s how we’re made

look at the flags that we waive what we display

Oh it’s the strangest parade

 Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Have I told you what I’ve found

Frozen frightened, without a sound What I found

Maybe the birds are coming back

Crimson gold and purple and black

They’re coming back they’re coming back oh…

Show me some thing that won’t change, won’t fade away

Is it a fair price to pay? That’s how we’re made

Look at the flags that we waive, what we display

Hear how the trumpets they play, through wind and rain

Oh it’s the strangest parade