Don Williams - This Side Of The Sun Lyrics
(Gary Rex Tanner)I thought l'd be an angelAnd fly on astral skiesI thought l'd wear a fanciful disguiseAnd It's taken me a lotta timeTo find out l'm not oneAn outlaw on the run,On this side of the sun.I hoped l'd be a championAnd live without a careI thought l'd change the world,Make it just and fairBut my youth slipped by before my eyesMuch to my surpriseBefore I had begun,On this side of the sun.Out on this end of the windWinter's coming 'round the bendYou pray for rain, before you know,You're standin' in a foot of snowSo you pull your coat up to your chinPick your shovel up again'Cause your work is never done,On this side of the sun.--- Instrumental ---I took it to a fortune tellerI thought that she might help meShe looked into my eyesAnd smiled mysteriouslyBut she didn't know as much as meI stared back, dejectedly'Cause I know where she's from,This side of the sun.Out behind these prison walls,Dark clouds come and hard rains fallYou pause a moment for a dream,They row you gently down the streamYou wake up angry in the night,Jump up, ready for the fightBut the war is never wonOn this side of the sun.Now they tell me musicCan free a person's soulSo I sing a song everywhere I goBut It's not much different than beforeI'm still looking for the doorI wonder if there is one,On this side of the sun...
