Water Wheels
Beyond the great unknown that lay
Before the whisp'ring evening chill
From out this blackness someone hums
a lonely hymn that lulls the hills
and lulls the hills
and lulls them still
This soul oft stayed up late at night
To write and hum of love and zeal
As moonlight filters through the leaves
and rivers turn the water wheels
and turns the wheels
and turns them still
But Azrael brought to a halt
The squeaking of his busy quill
and ink that splattered on the floor
Shall summon bells to toll and peal
to toll and peal
and toll on still
For out beyond the great unknown
Before the nights that froze and chill
A soul departs to hum the hymn
His song of love beyond the hills
beyond the hills
and yonder still
And he shall write of love no more
His quill and paper on the floor
For love has long since gone before
and life from him forevermore
forevermore
forever still
As prone he lay upon the floor
all cold and stiff
and colder still
As rivers turn the waterwheels
and turns the wheels
and turns them still
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