There was music in the meadow A girl with flowers in her hair But I pa**ed by on the highway You know I didn't seem to care When she called my name much later In a Paris night life trance She held out her hand to me But I didn't know how to dance With one so kind and graceful With one so kind and pure I left her, no I ran from her Not wanting the simple cure She was reaching in the night from fright For just one soul that she could trust It seems to me - she's dancing on the wild sea Like each and every one of us Like each and every one of us A childhood misgiving Comes to me through this mellow air Breaking my sweet intoxication Driving me to despair For the love of a lifetime Is nothing more than the love of now Again I see her reaching out Again I don't know how The things that mean so little Could grow so large and bold In the crazy minds of children Locked out in the cold Reaching in the night from fright For just one soul they can trust It seems to me – they're lost on the sea Like each and every one of us Like each and every one of us Still there is a silence Few dare to comprehend It is deeper than the darkness Of a soul that will not mend And yet it's not too far off From any of us