All This Time

Intro : (x4) I looked out across     The river today          I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower Where the seagulls play             I saw the sad shire horses walking home In the sodium light         I saw two priests on the ferry October geese on a cold winter's night   And all this time The river flowed Endlessly to the sea           Two priests came round our house tonight                One young one old to offer prayers for the dying To serve the final rite            One to learn one to teach   Which way the cold wind blows Fussing and flapping in priestly black Like a murder of crows       And all this time the river flowed Endlessly to the sea If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river And I'd bury the old man I'd bury him at sea       Blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the earth            Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of the needle             And as these words were spoken I swear I hear the old man laughing             What good is a used up world and how could it be Worth having      And all this time the river flowed Endlessly like a silent tear And all this time the river flowed Father if Jesus exist Then how come he never lived here                             The teachers told us the Romans built this place            They built a wall and a temple an edge of the empire Garrison town              They lived and they died they prayed to their gods But the stone gods did not make a sound   And their empire crumbled 'til all that was left Were the stones the workmen found And all this time The river flowed Endlessly to the sea If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river Men go crazy in congregations But they only get better one by one            One by one            One by one etc