Rough Silk - The Day Of The Loner lyrics

Below the mighty cliff where the lovers use to hide they found a skeleton on the beach the day the loner died it just lay there with broken bones in the rays of the sunset's light well, the loner was some kinda relict from another century the sidewalk angels gave him a smile when he helped the lost for free he always wore a long black coat and some real old working shoes some years ago he had been a teacher 'til the stormflood made the news the day of the loner he lost his wife and kid and - for sure - the will to live he turned to heavy drinkin' and then he jumped off that mighty cliff it must have been a miracle he didn't die or even got hurt and the next day he went down to the dark part of town a crusader against the dirt the day of the loner.... the cops, they never caught him and they left with a smile on the face and the years rode away but the loner stayed until someday he lost the race but as the smoke cleared just a long black coat but no body was ever found and somewhere nowhere a teacher met his family on heavenly ground the day of the loner....