Silver Coin - Archie Fisher

Now that I’m older

Though not old enough to know

What it is to be lonely

What it is to be without a home

I’ve a friend around

Who loves me rain or shine

Don’t ask me why

But her younger eyes are so much

Older eyes than mine

I thought I was well read

Wouldn’t have to ask her for a lead

Till I read what her eyes said

Then I knew there was nothing more to read

Nothing more to do

And nothing more to say

But give all my words away

To someone who needs them

But can’t find a girl like you

I ran all the way here

To be the first to see the morning star

There were others before me

For the sounds of beauty travel far

I hear it loud and clear

And it rings like a silver coin

Thrown down on stone

Though I’m lost in a crowd

I know you’re around me somehow

I hear it loud and clear

And it rings like the silver coin

Thrown down on stone

Though I’m lost in a crowd

I know you’re around me somehow