Turtle Dove

Turtle dove you wake me with a melancholy cry

As the sun streaks the sky and the dawn defeats the night

Do you try to wake me from my sleep

To open the windows and hear you weep?

Do you sit there, watching, as I lay my head to rest?

At night when my sadness tries to confess

Is it hung above me as I dream?

Oh turtle dove, I am not what I seem

Ooooo

Oh turtle dove, I am not what I seem

Why don't you preen your feathers and fly into the light?

Oh, I would fall like Icharus, despairing of my plight

The soles of my feet are heavy on the ground

But when I close my eyes I am heaven bound

Oooooo

When I close my eyes I am heaven bound

Turtle dove, tell me, what more do you see?

Is anyone else at all like me?

Do others fail do they fall, do they fly

To find fields of plenty, And peace of mind

Ooooooo

To find fields of plenty, And peace of mind