In The Dreamtime
Ralph McTell
The scent of smoke on desert wind beneath the southern cross Far beyond where time begins and generations lost. I could not be further from you now With both feet on the ground. But in the dreamtime souls take flight And I am closer to you now. If I should lay me down to sleep by forest green or shining lake I could arise to find it gone to take for granted my mistake. Yet I could not be further from you now With both feet on the ground. But in the dreamtime souls take flight And I am closer to you now. Mountains crumble forests vanish seeds awakened by the fire Water air and the earth have born them and I can feel my own ones near. Yet I could not be further from you now With both feet on the ground. But in the dreamtime souls take flight And I am closer to you now. Flames are dancing in the fire timeless songs are on the air In the wilderness they?re crying but there?s laughter everywhere. Yet I could not be further from you now With both feet on the ground. But in the dreamtime souls take flight And I am closer to you now.