the Way of the Turtle

May Morning
Saturday, May 2, 2009

For some reason I always end up thinking of this song on a warm sunny spring morning...

I'm alive again on a May morning
Going to wipe the slate clean
Follow my dreams
All the yearning buds are here again
With the the promise of a new life to come
Spring is here again

The sun is melting over the hills
All our roads are waiting
To be revealed
For this in history has brought us to here
Now it's all there for the taking
The day is what you see

The light's returning, the work is in hand
All the cynics have vanished
From where we stand
All the chances wasted are drawing me near
And all around there's new life rising
From the winter fields

I'm alive... I'm alive... I'm alive, again
I'm alive... I'm alive... I'm alive, again

Runrig, from the CD In Search of Angels (1999)

For those who wonder what this sounds like - two versions of May Morning on Youtube. The first is from a concert in 2003 and the 2nd a selection of pictures of from Scotland with the original track from In Search of Angels. I like 'em both! Though the 2nd is what I "hear" when I think of the song, since it was the first version I heard.





JMH