You can talk the tongue of angels

You can walk the thin white line

Raid your heart's imaginations

Let your thoughts live and run wild

But now all I see is the station

And the boats with the sun in their wake

Looking out on Scalpay dawning

And you drenched in the rain of grace

Walked down the pier road to the deep sea

It was a long confused embrace

But I have seen an awesome beauty

I've seen the tears turn to wine on your face

And I wondered and I trembled

As you held me so close in your arms

With a love that held more learning

Than I could ever understand

I crossed the big years and the waters

For a new and happy land

Trading all that fire of living

For the fickle and the bland

Now I know that there's nothing

Can evermore put worth in your time

If the spirit never wooes

Or moved your paths divine

Grass grows tall in the dream fields

But after all is said and done

The only thing that ever matters

Is to love and to be loved