PAPER BOAT

 

PAPER BOAT

 

WRITTEN BY

 

JEFF R HILTON

 

2021

 

LIKE A SHIP THAT SIGHTS THE SHORE

 

CLOSER BUT NOT QUITE THERE YET

 

YOU AND I

 

AS WE TRY

 

SLOW DOWN

 

WE COULDN'T IF WE TRIED

 

SO MUCH TO SATISFY 

 

RISE ABOVE IT ALL

 

LOOK DOWN BUT NEVER  FALL 

 

FAIL BUT LEARN

 

AND THAT'S NOT ALL

 

 

 

LIKE CHIMES CAUGHT IN A SUMMER BREEZE

 

THE MUSIC ON A SUMMERS EVE

 

THE STARS ARE LINING UP

 

FOR US TO SEE

 

THE PERFECT END TO A DAY

 

WATCH THEM LEAD US AWAY

 

DREAM IF ONLY FOR A TIME

 

YOU MAKE IT SEEM  SO EASY

 

EVERYTHING IS FINE

 

 

REACH RIGHT OUT

 

AND TAKE WHAT YOU NEED

 

JUST TO ENOUGH TO

 

 MAKE IT RIGHT AGAIN 

 

SEE THE PAPER BOAT 

 

WATCH IT FLOAT PAST

 

DOWN THE STREAM

 

A SILENCE FOLLOWS

 

YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW TO FILL

 

I PUT MY HAND ON YOUR SHOULDER

 

YOU CLOSE THE SPACE AGAINST THE CHILL

 

YOU CAN LOOK BACK

 

BUT ITS TOO FAR TO SEE

 

WHAT WASN'T MEANT TO BE

 

LAYS BEHIND US

 

THE FUTURES AHEAD 

 

KEEP YOUR HEART 

 

THERE AND HERE INSTEAD 

 

 

 

YOU AND I HAVE

 

CROSSED A LINE

 

IF IT ALL GOES TO PLAN OR FATE

 

ITS NOT THAT WE NEVER TRIED

 

TO MAKE IT GREAT

 

CRY NO TEARS

 

HAPPY OR SAD

 

EVERYTHING WE HAVE IS REAL

 

HOW  ITS SUPPOSED TO FEEL

 

CAN'T BE KEPT INSIDE 

 

BRING IT ALL TO LIGHT

 

JUST ENOUGH TO

 

MAKE IT  RIGHT AGAIN