Edgar Broughton Band - Evening Over Rooftops Lyrics
The air was thick like honeyLooking from a roomThe room had open windowsTo let this springtime throughEvening stood by watchin'At the side of summer's promiseThe flowers in her gardenWere the envy of her friendsHow far are we from dyingIs it nearly at an end?How far are we from dyingIs it nearly at an end?The smoke hung on the skylineThe city fell in silenceThe sunset, ripe and mellowWas the light to write some thoughts byHer children watched for fatherFrom a window in the wallSaid a prayer for grandpapaAnd maybe many moreSomewhere in the distanceOn the road so far awayI heard the sound of lifeThough the people left for homeThree birds flew off a buildingStanding proud against the skyMany more flew with themSpiralled up like laughterFaster, harderThey rose up in a columnHundreds upon hundredsAnd twice that many wingspeedFour miles acrossStretched a million miles highThe living pulsing columnIn the lady of the skyFeathers thrashed togetherLocked in that huge swarmI knew no-one could see itAnd now that it was goneI rubbed my eyes and tried to findA reason for the flightExodus, escapeOr was it just for me to see?Like the mating of the earth and airLike water is to flowersThe envy of her friendsHow far are we from dying, is it nearly at an end?How far are we from dyingIs it nearly at an end?How far are we from dyingIs it nearly at an end?...
