Lonely Sky



The cold north wind they call "La Bise"
Is swirling round about my knees,
Trees are crying leaves into the river;

I'm huddled in this french caf?
I never thought I'd see the day,
But winter's here and summer's really over,

And even the birds have packed up and gone,
They're flying south with their song,
And my love, she too has gone, she had to fly,

Out there, it's such a lonely sky,
They'll trap your wings my love and hold your flight,
They'll build a cage and steal your only sky,
Fly away, fly to me, fly when the wind is high,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky...

The old cathedral lights are low
She and I we'd often go there
To admire and sometimes kneel in prayer;

Lords and ladies lie in stone,
Hand in hand from long ago,
And though their hands are cold they'll love forever,

Even the choir rehearses those songs
For Christmas is not long,
And alone, I sing my song, she had to fly,

Take care, it's such a lonely sky,
They'll trap your wings my love and hold your flight,
They'll build a cage and steal your only sky,
Fly away, fly to me, fly when the wind is high,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky,
Fly away, fly to me, and if you need my love,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky...
I'll come in with the dawn,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky,
On the wings of the morn,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky,
Above the world we'll be flying,
I'm sailing beside you in your lonely sky...
"It's about a man who is in France and his love has left. And this is somebody who he feels very strongly about, and he feels like he should be there to support and look after her. But she has gone off to really find her feet. It's not a father-daughter thing, but it is more a man who acknowledges the fact that the girl he is with needs to go off and find herself. And he is just warning her that there are people who will suppress her free spirit 'that trap your wings, my love, and hold your flight'. So he is saying "Well, I have become really sad that you're gone and here I am in a Parisian café, and the trees are crying leaves into the river, it's autumn. I'm sad that you are gone, but I wish you the very best. And as I wander around the cathedral of Notre Dame, I can hear the people singing in the choir Christmas songs. And I am dreaming of you in your Lonely Sky and I am always going to be here for you." That's what it's all about."
Man On The Line, November 2002

Albums

"Lonely Sky" appears on the following albums:

Spanish Train & Other StoriesBest MovesThe Very Best of Chris de BurghThe Love SongsGold

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