Spanish Gold

SPANISH GOLD

WRITTEN BY JEFFREY R HILTON

2018

A FULL MOON FILLS THE VIEW

ABOVE THE DARK SHADES OF THE HILLS

THAT SEEM TO SLEEP BELOW

THE SILENT NIGHT, THE STARS ALL AGLOW

CAST YOUR DOUBTS LIKE SHADOWS

INSIDE THESE SHORTER NIGHTS

AND LONGER DAYS

TEASED BY THE SUN 

ABSORBED BY THE HEAT 

COOLED BY THE WATER

THAT WASHES OVER OUR FEET

WATCHED BY THE TREES

WAITING FOR THE NEXT BREEZE

EYES PEELED ON THE WAVES

THAT GENTLY CARESS THE SHORE

ROLLING IN, ROLLING OUT 

LEAVING NO DOUBTS BEHIND

THE DAY GOES ON SWEETLY

WITHOUT A HITCH

THE AFTERNOON GREETS US

LIKE SOME OLD FRIEND

WE NEVER THOUGHT WE'D SEE AGAIN

A SWEET SUMMER SONG

YOU CAN'T HELP BUT TO SING ALONG

YOU SEEM TO KNOW THE WORDS SO WELL

AND OFF THE COAST

THE SAILS GO TO AND FRO

THE SUN BEGINS TO GLOW

LIKE SPANISH GOLD

AND THIS PIECE OF COASTLINE 

IS HEAVEN ON EARTH

WHEN THE SUN SETS

THERE'S ALWAYS A SHOW 

ALL THE COLORS THAT YOU'VE SEEN

AND SOME THAT YOU DON'T KNOW

ADD TO THE PALLETTE

ANOTHER DAYS ALL BUT DONE

AS FIERY RED SKIES FADE AWAY

INTO ANOTHER AUGUST NIGHT 

SOMETHING TO DRAW YOU BACK

AGAIN, AND AGAIN

UNTIL YOU LEARN TO STAY

GET IT RIGHT SO YOU

CAN PLAY ALONG WITH THAT

SWEET SUMMER SONG

YES IT WON'T BE LONG

BEFORE THE SUN STARS TO GLOW

LIKE SPANISH GOLD

THIS IS THE KIND OF PLACE 

THAT NEVER GETS OLD

I COULD LIVE AND DIE HERE

MY HEART BELONGS HERE

IT WAS JUST A DREAM

BUT I'D ALREADY SEEN

FELT IT COMING TO YOU AND I

I CAN'T HELP FEEL ITS TIME

A PHOENIX RISING FROM THE ASH

THE SILENT NIGHT ALL AGLOW

CAST AWAY YOUR DOUBTS LET'S GO