On the Edge of a Cliff
"I'm really okay, thanks, there's nothing to witness"
I said as I looked back from the edge of the cliff
The old man, looking down, leant over the ridge
Just looked with a grin
As if a blessing had hit him
I slumped on the jut of the cliff
"Just leave me alone
This is none of your business"
"I will," said the old man, "But, just one thing"
And what he said was so lovely it stunned me
He said, "I lay right there once at the edge of the rock
I was ready to jump
I was ever so lost
But, this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot"
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your Mum and Dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed onto new life
What are the chances of that like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile
And then the old man walked away and out of sight
'Til the sound of him hiking turned to the sound of silence
I just froze in a profound surprise
And from down on my pride, I found a smile to my eyes
And for many days again I'd be passing the same cliff
And on many occassions I'd chance on the same thing
Laying in the moss
In the same way I was
Would be another man looking like he needed a change of luck
So I'd say, "I lay right there once at the edge of the rock
I was ready to jump
I was ever so lost
But, this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot"
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your Mum and Dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed onto new life
What are the chances of that like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your Mum and Dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed onto new life
What are the chances of that like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile
I said as I looked back from the edge of the cliff
The old man, looking down, leant over the ridge
Just looked with a grin
As if a blessing had hit him
I slumped on the jut of the cliff
"Just leave me alone
This is none of your business"
"I will," said the old man, "But, just one thing"
And what he said was so lovely it stunned me
He said, "I lay right there once at the edge of the rock
I was ready to jump
I was ever so lost
But, this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot"
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your Mum and Dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed onto new life
What are the chances of that like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile
And then the old man walked away and out of sight
'Til the sound of him hiking turned to the sound of silence
I just froze in a profound surprise
And from down on my pride, I found a smile to my eyes
And for many days again I'd be passing the same cliff
And on many occassions I'd chance on the same thing
Laying in the moss
In the same way I was
Would be another man looking like he needed a change of luck
So I'd say, "I lay right there once at the edge of the rock
I was ready to jump
I was ever so lost
But, this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot"
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your Mum and Dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed onto new life
What are the chances of that like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile
For billions of years since the outset of time
Every single one of your ancestors survived
Every single person on your Mum and Dad's side
Successfully looked after and passed onto new life
What are the chances of that like?
It comes to me once in a while
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile
Credits
Writer(s): Michael Geoffrey Skinner
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Link
Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- fabric presents The Streets (Mixed)
- End Of The Queue
- No Better Than Chance - Single
- The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light (Deluxe)
- The Darker The Shadow The Brighter The Light
- Each Day Gives
- Troubled Waters (Zed Bias Remixes) - EP
- Turn Your Face Into the Sun - Single
- Too Much Yayo
- Troubled Waters
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