Countryman

Countryman - Murray Head

I met a countryman

He didn't understand my ways

A spark was in his eyes

That set my frenzied mind ablaze

I longed to have his calm

Lay down my fighting arms

But was afraid for I had realized

That to see thru' this man's eyes

I had to be a child once more

Such a sacrifice

Could I pay the price

When I wasn't sure

He stood there smiling quietly deciding

How I earned my money stayed alive

I talked of wonders of ups and downers

Of other ways and means we all survive

He talked of life and of birth and of death

And how the wind can take away your breath

Ooh the seasons so many reasons for living

Countryman

And deep inside him

I saw pain and I saw grief

But most of all I saw love

For the living

Always willing to give more and more

I found a standing stone

On which I stood and saw

A thousand hills around me

Green velvet eiderdown

I played at being Man I played at being God

And then I was a seed of grass

Lying scattered on the ground

And then the wind suggested

Another point in time

I didn't feel alone anymore

I was ancient for a minute

Countryman

I was there

Countryman