Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer
I was taken by a photograph of you
There were one or two I know that you would
have liked a little more
But they didn't show your spirit quite as
true
You were turning round to see who was behind
you
And I took your childish laughter by surprise
And at the moment that my camera happened to find you
There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes
Now the things that I remember seem so distant and so small
Though it hasn't really been that long a time
What I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all
Although for a while our paths did seem to climb
But when you see through love's illusions there lies the danger
And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool
So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger
While the loneliness seems to spring from your life
Like a fountain from a pool
A fountain of sorrow
A fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You give out too hard sometimes But now you're alright
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight
Now for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams
But that magic feeling never seems to last
And while the future's there for anyone to change
Still you know it seems it would be
easier sometimes to change the past
I'm just one or two years in a couple of changes behind you
In my lessons that love's pain and heartache school
Where if you're fit to free and you need something to remind you
There's this loneliness springing up from your life
Like a fountain from a pool
A fountain of sorrow
A fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You give out too hard sometimes But now you're alright
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight
Fountain of sorrow,
fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to struggle
and you've had to fight
To keep understanding and compassion in sight
You could be laughing at me,
you've got the right
But you've got one smiling so clear and so bright