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31 Aug 21 - 11:56 AM (#4118379) Subject: Lyr Add: The Song Goes On (Phil Edwards) From: Phil Edwards THE SONG GOES ON Phil Edwards Sometimes a stranger comes to sing And joins the room where we are playing. We listen to the song they bring And hope they’ll end up staying. For we have all been strangers too: We’ve all stood watching from some doorway Waiting for our song to come Hoping they’d sing it our way. So strangers come and friends remain – New voices with old voices blending – As old friends go, new friends remain: The song it has no ending. So all who hear may hear us sing: The song goes on, the song goes on From year to year the voices ring: The song goes on. Old songs won’t fade from every heart, Old friends won't ever be forgotten, If only we can play our part: The song goes on! There was a time when people sang As readily as blackbirds calling: At work, at play, at dawn of day And when the night was falling. We cannot say we know those times, There’s nothing now can bring us near them, But we can say we know those songs And we still can hear them. As old songs fade, new songs remain – New voices with old voices blending – And though songs fade, they still remain: The song need have no ending. So all who hear may hear us sing... Perhaps a life is like a song, The passing years like verse and chorus: Gone all too soon, remembered long, An inspiration for us. A song well sung, a life well spent Can help us as we make our way on. And we can follow where they went And let their music play on. So, singing through the changing years, New voices with old voices blending, Though old friends go, they still remain: May their song have no ending. So all who hear may hear us sing: The song goes on, the song goes on From year to year the voices ring: The song goes on. Old songs won’t fade from every heart, Old friends won't ever be forgotten, If only we can play our part: The song goes on! You can hear me sing it on Faceache here, if you want to! I wrote this a few years ago, sang it out a few times and then realised that the tune I'd come up with - as well as the subject matter - had a very large overlap with "When All Men Sing". I've finally come up with a new (old) tune for it, so I'm unleashing it on the world again. |