In the Sky

Intro :                   Are you home from the sea   My soul balladeer   You've been away roaming   Far away from here   Weathered a storm   Your heart unafraid   Crossed every ocean   In the boat that you made   Been blowing your horn   Scaring the spooks   No crotchets or quavers   In your books   Gone sailing all night   Straight in the vein   Like a bird on his own flight   In his domain In the sky In the sky   Running in on the tide   With the first of the stars   The moon on the water   And the sound of guitars   Glide into the homing   As the night falls   To tie up in the haven   By the old harbour wall   And the hard-bitten stranger   As deaf as a post   Who stands at the fire   Where a poet's dreams roast   He can't know the story   He can't feel the pain   And all of the glory   Falls around him like rain In the sky   In the sky     You're a light in the dark   A beacon of hope   And strong as a sea boat   Strong as a rope   And the vagabond wind   Whispers over the bay   And the songs and the laughter   Are carried away In the sky   In the sky   In the sky In the sky