Fortune

Hensley Ken

Although now it seems like never 
When we were even less together 
I appeared to have my back to the wall 

And the way things were going 
There was no way of knowing 
If I was having any luck at all 

Silently, suddenly 
Standing before me 
An old man awaited his death 
Part of me cried out 
But none turned to hide 
For no curses distorted his breath 

It was then I took to thinking 
And my hands took to writing 
And my dreams came 
In answer to the call 

Waiting in wonder 
My toughts ran like thunder 
Could it be that 
I've been wasting my mind 
I grew sort of cold 
As the vision unfolded 
Bursting the shackles of time 

So I gathered what I had 
I took a look at 
What was going down 
And it made me kinda sad 
Seeing all the circles 
Going slowly round 

And the stars sang in harmony 
It was so perfect that 
It laid me down 
And the rainclouds 
Were tossed away 
Seemed like the world was lost 
And I would drown in its sound 

Somewhere along the way 
I don't know where 
I had really believed I was poor 
Looking, not seeing 
The point of my being 
When all of my fortune is sure