I had a little boat
(I called it Life)
Once I went out
And never came back.
All of a sudden
There was a big wind
And waves like mountains
Many things raced through my mind
And in the lonely chanting of the sea
I heard the echoes of eternity
And in the fantasy of cloud and sky
I saw the One who lives
While all things die
And I was swallowed by the sea
And lost in the deep
And washed up on the shore.
When I awakened
The storm was over
And the sea was calm
It was strange and wonderful
Like seeing the world
And seeing through the world.
[ on the liner notes, but not on the recording
Like moving among the objects of the world
As though there were no objects to move among
As though there was no world
As though there was no mover
]
And when I told the people in the village
That I went out and never came back
They all laughed and called me The Wanderer
And I laughed with them
They didn’t know
They were the wanderers
And so I found my way
And found my home
on EDEN’S ISLAND
[ on the liner notes, but not on the recording
(Many thing to many people)
Come and live the enchanted life
Where time becomes eternity
And you will become a beachcomber, a dreamer
and dream untellable dreams
And wander no more...
On EDEN’S ISLAND
]
Where the wind has been telling the truth
Forever and ever and ever
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