It was just a dream

It was just a dream, spinning out, across the morning
Whispering, through the trees, beginnings of the day
Where I walked with you, and you held my hand
And oh, my love, when new love was ours.

It was just a dream, just a light, within my darkness
A day that took, the fairest hour, that sparkles on the dew of morn
We lingered there, our hearts to share
And oh, to know, what peace was our love.

It was just a dream, a dream so young, but never foolish
A touch of gold, the edge of spring, when summer promises unfold
The enchanted hour, that became our lives
And oh, so still, like water so deep.

It was just a dream, we never fell, we never stumbled
No seasoned lies, to swift despise, no sadness clinging to a smile
No heart alone, no sad way home
And oh, love no, no touch turned so cold.

It was just a dream, a dream that's lost, a silent memory
Now it seems, so long ago, so many tears so many sighs
But I hear your voice, still calling me
And oh, I know, our love is still right.

Written for Resolution.

At the time I worked in Reigate and parked my car by Priory Park. Watching the mist over the lake in the mornings, not long after Sylvia and I had got together, this song just happened.

For a while it only had four verses, but I knew it needed one more. I wrote the middle verse sitting in the car with Sylvia's children, waiting for her to finish work. No-one had a writing implement so I had to engrave it on a piece of paper with the car key, and decipher it later. (I'm very bad at remembering ideas - they quickly get supplanted.)