Edgar Broughton Band - Evening Over Rooftops lyrics

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The air was thick like honey <br />

Looking from a room <br />

The room had open windows <br />

To let this springtime through <br />

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Evening stood by watchin' <br />

At the side of summer's promise <br />

The flowers in her garden <br />

Were the envy of her friends <br />

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How far are we from dying <br />

Is it nearly at an end? <br />

How far are we from dying <br />

Is it nearly at an end? <br />

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The smoke hung on the skyline <br />

The city fell in silence <br />

The sunset, ripe and mellow <br />

Was the light to write some thoughts by <br />

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Her children watched for father <br />

From a window in the wall <br />

Said a prayer for grandpapa <br />

And maybe many more <br />

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Somewhere in the distance <br />

On the road so far away <br />

I heard the sound of life <br />

Though the people left for home <br />

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Three birds flew off a building <br />

Standing proud against the sky <br />

Many more flew with them <br />

Spiralled up like laughter <br />

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Faster, harder <br />

They rose up in a column <br />

Hundreds upon hundreds <br />

And twice that many wingspeed <br />

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Four miles across <br />

Stretched a million miles high <br />

The living pulsing column <br />

In the lady of the sky <br />

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Feathers thrashed together <br />

Locked in that huge swarm <br />

I knew no-one could see it <br />

And now that it was gone <br />

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I rubbed my eyes and tried to find <br />

A reason for the flight <br />

Exodus, escape <br />

Or was it just for me to see? <br />

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Like the mating of the earth and air <br />

Like water is to flowers <br />

The envy of her friends <br />

How far are we from dying, is it nearly at an end? <br />

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How far are we from dying <br />

Is it nearly at an end? <br />

How far are we from dying <br />

Is it nearly at an end?...