Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder lyrics
[Van Morrison - A Sense of Wonder lyrics]
I walked in my greatcoat down through
The days of the leaves
No before after, yes after before
We were shining our light into
The days of blooming wonder
In the eternal presence
In the presence of the flame
Oh, didn't I come to bring
You a sense of wonder?
Oh, didn't I come to lift
Your fiery vision bright?
Didn't I come to bring you a
Sense of wonder in the flame?
On and on and on we kept singing our song
Through Newtonards and Comber
Gransha and the Ballystockart Road
With Spike and Boffyflow
I said I would describe the
Leaves for Samuel and Felicity
Rich, red browney
Half burnt orange and green
Oh, didn't I come to bring
You a sense of wonder?
Oh, didn't I come to lift
Your fiery vision bright?
Didn't I come to bring you a
Sense of wonder in the flame?
It's easy to describe the
Leaves in the autumn
And it's oh so easy in the spring
But down through January and February
It's a very different thing
On and on and on
Through the winter of our discontent
When the wind blows up the collar
And the ears are frostbitten too
I said I could describe the leaves for Samuel
And what it means to you and me
You may call my love Sophia
But I call my love Philosophy
Oh, didn't I come to bring
You a sense of wonder?
Oh, didn't I come to lift
Your fiery vision bright?
Didn't I come to bring you a
Sense of wonder in the flame? Didn't I
Didn't I come to bring you a sense of wonder?
Oh, didn't I come to lift
Your fiery vision bright?
Didn't I come to bring you a
Sense of wonder in the flame?
(In the flame) In the flame, child
(Didn't I come to bring you) A
Sense of wonder in the flame
(Didn't I come to bring you) In the flame
Child (Didn't I come to bring you)
Wee Alfie at the Castle Picturehouse
On the Castlereagh Road
Whistling on the corner next door
Where he kept Johnny Mack Brown's horse
"O solo mio" by McGimsey
And the man who played the
Saw outside the city hall
Pastie suppers down at Davy's chipper
Gravy rings, wagon wheels, barmbracks
Snowballs a sense of wonder
(Didn't I come to bring you)
A sense of wonder
(Didn't I come to bring you)
(Didn't I come to bring you)
A sense of wonder
(Didn't I come to bring you
A sense of wonder?)
(Didn't I come to bring you
A sense of wonder?)
(Didn't I come to bring you
A sense of wonder?)
(Didn't I come to bring you
A sense of wonder?)
The days of the leaves
No before after, yes after before
We were shining our light into
The days of blooming wonder
In the eternal presence
In the presence of the flame
Oh, didn't I come to bring
You a sense of wonder?
Oh, didn't I come to lift
Your fiery vision bright?
Didn't I come to bring you a
Sense of wonder in the flame?
On and on and on we kept singing our song
Through Newtonards and Comber
Gransha and the Ballystockart Road
With Spike and Boffyflow
I said I would describe the
Leaves for Samuel and Felicity
Rich, red browney
Half burnt orange and green
Oh, didn't I come to bring
You a sense of wonder?
Oh, didn't I come to lift
Your fiery vision bright?
Didn't I come to bring you a
Sense of wonder in the flame?
It's easy to describe the
Leaves in the autumn
And it's oh so easy in the spring
But down through January and February
It's a very different thing
On and on and on
Through the winter of our discontent
When the wind blows up the collar
And the ears are frostbitten too
I said I could describe the leaves for Samuel
And what it means to you and me
You may call my love Sophia
But I call my love Philosophy
Oh, didn't I come to bring
You a sense of wonder?
Oh, didn't I come to lift
Your fiery vision bright?
Didn't I come to bring you a
Sense of wonder in the flame? Didn't I
Didn't I come to bring you a sense of wonder?
Oh, didn't I come to lift
Your fiery vision bright?
Didn't I come to bring you a
Sense of wonder in the flame?
(In the flame) In the flame, child
(Didn't I come to bring you) A
Sense of wonder in the flame
(Didn't I come to bring you) In the flame
Child (Didn't I come to bring you)
Wee Alfie at the Castle Picturehouse
On the Castlereagh Road
Whistling on the corner next door
Where he kept Johnny Mack Brown's horse
"O solo mio" by McGimsey
And the man who played the
Saw outside the city hall
Pastie suppers down at Davy's chipper
Gravy rings, wagon wheels, barmbracks
Snowballs a sense of wonder
(Didn't I come to bring you)
A sense of wonder
(Didn't I come to bring you)
(Didn't I come to bring you)
A sense of wonder
(Didn't I come to bring you
A sense of wonder?)
(Didn't I come to bring you
A sense of wonder?)
(Didn't I come to bring you
A sense of wonder?)
(Didn't I come to bring you
A sense of wonder?)