Wise man's song
I once spoke to a wise old man
when I had some questions of my own
I said, “Sir, I’m not askin’ for an answer
just tell me where to look, where to go”
For a moment
there was silence
His heart was burning through his eyes
and he said:
CHORUS:
Child, you gotta listen
‘cause the answer lies inside
Go into the wilderness
Where your heart will come alive
But I was always in a hurry
and the trees all looked the same
My mind was just too busy
to hear the melody as it came
Thirty years and not a sign
of the answers I did seek
An old man, I sat down at the stream
tired and knowing I had grown weak
The water came singing over the stones
as the wind spoke through the trees
For the first time in thirty years
I found the meaning of the wise man’s pleas
Once again
there was silence
his heart was burning through his eyes
and he said:
CHORUS
So I sat down on a fallen log
my feet dangling in the water
Slowly I realised where to look
as a twirling leaf tapped my shoulder
I heard the birds and the bees
the wind and the choir of the stream
I felt joy as I was listening
and my old heart began to sing
For a moment
there was silence
his heart was burning through his eyes
and he said:
CHORUS
All my life I was searching
never saw the answers so close by
Life was such a noisy rush
my ears followed the city’s lie
At last at peace, my heart alive
tears came to my eyes
When I needed to, I didn’t listen
it’s now to late, I realise
For a moment
there was silence
my heart burning through my eyes
and now I say:
Kids, you gotta listen
‘cause the answer lies inside
Go into the wilderness
Where your heart will come alive
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