Autumn Leaves Fall lyrics - track 11

Islands are lonely

Across a dining table the islands sit – remote in self impossible to shift
There was a time when they were joined in this land – there was a time when they walked hand in hand
But that time past – they couldn’t make it last – and now a wooden sea – separates you from me
But islands are lonely – one inhabitant only – yes islands are lonely
Shore washed away slowly - islands are lonely – yes islands are lonely

Do you know I’m here – can you feel all my fear?
When I speak do you hear – Why can’t you come near
Why can’t you take my hand– are you so stuck in your land
Push a boat from your shore – put your back to the oar
Because islands are lonely – islands are lonely - islands are lonely – oh honey I’m lonely

And alone on her island she sits – unaware of the winds and the drifts
Alone on her island she stays – losing track of the time and the days
Because islands are lonely – islands are lonely - islands are lonely – honey I’m lonely

And across that wooden sea – that separates you from me 
Lost in the gathering mist – one island ceases to exist
But islands are lonely – one inhabitant only – yes islands are lonely
Shore washed away slowly - islands are lonely – yes islands are lonely
Oh islands are lonely – islands are lonely - islands are lonely – honey I was lonely

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