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Overhead the albatross

 Hangs motionless upon the air

 And deep beneath the rolling waves

 In labyrinths of coral caves

 The echo of a distant time

 Comes willowing across the sand

 And everything is green and submarine

 And no-one showed us to the land

 And no-one knows the wheres or whys

 But something stirs and something tries

 And starts to climb towards the light

Strangers passing in the street

 By chance two separate glances meet

 And I am you and what I see is me

 And do I take you by the hand

 And lead you through the land

 And help me understand the best I can

 And no-one calls us to move on

 And no-one forces down our eyes

 And no-one speaks and no-one tries

 And no-one flies around the sun

Cloudless everyday you fall upon my waking eyes

 Inviting and inciting me to rise

 And through the window in the wall

 Come streaming in on sunlight wings

 A million bright ambassadors of morning

 And no-one sings me lullabies

 And no-one makes me close my eyes

So I throw the windows wide

 And call to you across the sky