LIFE IS CHANGE

by Paul Lawler        

A caterpillar chews along a new leaf
A bird lands on a twig just nearby
And the game of life is played among the branches
Blessed with fruit we lose a butterfly.

Ch.                
Life is change,        Life is change,
The only permanent thing about Life is change.
Life is change,        Change, is Life,
The only permanent thing about Life is change.

A seed lies dormant on the forest litter
It seems, that only chance surrounds its fate
But, before this seed can take up water
It may need a fire to germinate.

   Chorus

Springtime melts the icecap on the mountains
Rushing waters, form an ox-bow way downstream
And maybe in a thousand years or later
Where waters meet an island will be seen.

   Chorus

Middle 8 No one reads the same book
                We all colour words we say
                Sometimes we read in black and white what’s
                Meant in shades of grey
                Meant in shades of grey

Sunbeams chase the rainbows o’er the green hills
Lightning strikes and flashes all around
Clouds descend and block out the horizon
Paradise is lost, but also found.

   Chorus        



Paul wrote this song in 2004, adapting Coope, Boyes and Simpson’s “Thurnscoe Rain” - which is a Ray Hearne composition where the melody is based upon Colohan’s classic “Galway Bay” :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MksRyIKjSLg

It was only performed once, by Work in Progress, just after writing, and is partly recorded here : GO TO 02:18   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCxx1-vrJfY&t=321s
Apologies for the rendition, but, the whole performance in this venue was just not a comfortable gig, and it shows ………………… :(



Cheers, R-J