Streets - On The Edge Of A Cliff lyrics
rate me"I'm really okay thanks there's nothing to witness"<br />
I said as I looked back from the edge of the cliff<br />
The old man looking down lent over the ridge<br />
Just looked with a grin as if a blessing had hit him<br />
<br />
I slumped on the jut of the cliff<br />
Just leave me alone this is none of your business<br />
"I will" said the old man but just one thing<br />
What he said was so lovely it stunned me<br />
<br />
He said "I lay right there once at the edge of the rock<br />
I was ready to jump I was ever so lost, <br />
But this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot"<br />
<br />
For billions of years since the onset of time<br />
Every single one of your ansestors survived<br />
Every single person on your mum and dads side<br />
Successfully looked after and passed onto you life<br />
What are the chances of that like<br />
It comes to me once in a while<br />
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile<br />
<br />
And then the old man walked away and out of sight<br />
Until the sound of him hiking turned to the sound of silence<br />
I just froze in a profound surprise<br />
But from down in my pride I found a smile to my eyes<br />
And for many days again I'd be passing the same cliff<br />
And on many occasions I'd chance on the same thing<br />
Laying in the moss in the same way I was<br />
Be another man looking like he needed a change of look<br />
So I say<br />
<br />
"I lay right there once at the edge of the rock<br />
I was ready to jump I was ever so lost, <br />
But this gentleman stopped and said something I never forgot"<br />
<br />
For billions of years since the onset of time<br />
Every single one of your ansestors survived<br />
Every single person on your mum and dads side<br />
Successfully looked after and passed onto you life<br />
What are the chances of that like<br />
It comes to me once in a while<br />
And everywhere I tell folk it gets the best smile (x2)
