Evening over Rooftops-The Edgar Broughton Band

[00:45.86]The air was thick like honey [00:49.66]Looking from a room [00:53.26]The room had open windows [00:57.14]To let this springtime through [01:00.91]Evening stood by watching [01:04.09]At the side of summer's promise [01:08.19]The flowers in her garden [01:11.63]Were the envy of her friends [01:15.68]How far are we from dying [01:18.98]Is it nearly at an end [01:22.91]How far are we from dying [01:26.49]Is it nearly at an end [01:30.56]The smoke hung on the skyline [01:33.89]The city fell in silence [01:37.71]The sunset ripe and mellow [01:40.85]Was the light to write some thoughts by [01:44.94]Her children watched for father [01:47.69]From a window in the wall [01:52.32]Said a prayer for grandpapa [01:55.83]And maybe many more [01:59.60]Somewhere in the distance [02:02.75]On the road so far away [02:06.85]I heard the sound of life [02:10.08]With all the people left for home [02:12.98] [02:43.18]Three birds flew off a building [02:46.69]Standing proud against the sky [02:51.46]Many more flew with them [02:54.03]Spiralled upward like laughter [02:58.38]Faster harder [03:01.79]They rose up in a column [03:05.55]Hundreds upon hundreds [03:09.15]And twice that many wingspeed [03:12.97]Four miles across [03:15.74]Stretched a million miles high [03:20.11]The living pulsing column [03:23.20]In the lady of the sky [03:27.46]Feathers thrashed together [03:31.04]Blocked in that huge swarm [03:34.61]I knew no-one could see it [03:38.13]And now that it was gone [03:41.82]I rubbed my eyes but tried to find [03:45.50]A reason for the flight [03:49.32]Exodus escape [03:51.87]Or was it just for me to see [03:55.60]Like the mating of the earth and air [04:00.00]Like water is to flowers [04:03.65]The envy of her friends [04:06.56]How far are we from dying [04:08.30] Is it nearly at an end [04:11.03]How far are we from dying [04:14.37]Is it nearly at an end [04:18.29]How far are we from dying [04:22.05]Is it nearly at an end [04:25.60]How far are we from dying [04:29.13]Is it nearly at an end [04:32.96]How far are we from dying [04:36.46]Is it nearly at an end [04:40.53]How far are we from dying [04:43.66]Is it nearly at an end [04:47.46]How far are we from dying [04:51.03]Is it nearly at an end