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All This Time

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  • I looked out across
    The river today
    I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
    Where the seagulls play.
    I saw the sad shire horses walking home
    In the sodium light
    I saw two priests on the ferry
    October geese on a cold winter's night
    And all this time the river flowed
    Endlessly to the sea.
    Two priests came round our house tonight
    One young one old to offer prayers for the dying
    To serve the final rite,
    One to learn, one to teach,
    Which way the cold wind blows
    Fussing and flapping in priestly black
    Like a murder of crows
    And all this time, the river flowed
    Endlessly to the sea
    If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
    And I'd bury the old man,
    I'd bury him at sea

    Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth
    Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle
    And as these words were spoken I swear I hear
    The old man laughing,
    'What good is a used up world,
    And how could it be worth having'
    And all this time the river flowed
    Endlessly like a silent tear
    And all this time the river flowed
    Father, if Jesus exists,
    Then how come he never lived here.
    The teacher told us, the Romans built this place
    They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire
    Garrison town,
    They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods
    But the stone gods did not make a sound
    And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left
    Were the stones the workmen found
    And all this time the river flowed
    In the falling light of a northern sun
    If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
    Men go crazy in congregations
    But they only get better
    One by one
    One by one
    One by one
    One by one...
    I looked out across
    The river today
    I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
    Where the seagulls play.
    I saw the sad shire horses walking home
    In the sodium light....
  • [00:15.46]I looked out across
    [00:19.42]The river today
    [00:23.67]I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
    [00:26.92]Where the seagulls play.
    [00:31.03]I saw the sad shire horses walking home
    [00:34.94]In the sodium light
    [00:38.29]I saw two priests on the ferry
    [00:40.44]October geese on a cold winter's night
    [00:45.90]And all this time the river flowed
    [00:53.96]Endlessly to the sea.
    [01:01.42]Two priests came round our house tonight
    [01:09.33]One young one old to offer prayers for the dying
    [01:12.49]To serve the final rite,
    [01:16.44]One to learn, one to teach,
    [01:20.25]Which way the cold wind blows
    [01:24.46]Fussing and flapping in priestly black
    [01:27.06]Like a murder of crows
    [01:31.58]And all this time, the river flowed
    [01:39.59]Endlessly to the sea
    [01:46.22]If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
    [01:54.30]And I'd bury the old man,
    [01:57.70]I'd bury him at sea
    [02:01.51]
    [02:01.75]Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth
    [02:10.07]Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle
    [02:17.14]And as these words were spoken I swear I hear
    [02:21.14]The old man laughing,
    [02:25.09]'What good is a used up world,
    [02:27.09]And how could it be worth having'
    [02:32.06]And all this time the river flowed
    [02:40.08]Endlessly like a silent tear
    [02:46.75]And all this time the river flowed
    [02:54.56]Father, if Jesus exists,
    [02:57.26]Then how come he never lived here.
    [03:13.64]The teacher told us, the Romans built this place
    [03:21.40]They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire
    [03:25.00]Garrison town,
    [03:29.07]They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods
    [03:32.97]But the stone gods did not make a sound
    [03:36.67]And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left
    [03:40.43]Were the stones the workmen found
    [03:44.54]And all this time the river flowed
    [03:51.74]In the falling light of a northern sun
    [03:58.96]If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river
    [04:07.07]Men go crazy in congregations
    [04:08.88]But they only get better
    [04:10.63]One by one
    [04:14.74]One by one
    [04:18.39]One by one
    [04:19.60]One by one...
    [04:25.45]I looked out across
    [04:29.16]The river today
    [04:33.57]I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower
    [04:36.62]Where the seagulls play.
    [04:40.38]I saw the sad shire horses walking home
    [04:43.53]In the sodium light....