Travelling Light from Travelling Light by Sascha Ley

Travelling Light (for Lilia)


I haven’t got words left to say
I have no Gods, I have no prayers
I have a garden, a beautiful garden
Without a house
But got a window, my open window
It’s looking to the south…

There is no better place to stay
There ain’t no reason to run away
I got a suitcase, a pretty suitcase
It’s packed with memories of the day
They speak to me as I sing lullabies
To the old trees

I have no clothes, I need no dresses
Need no umbrella and no caresses
I have a summer, an ever lasting summer
Embracing me in an eternal refrain
And there’s a smooth wind
That keeps away the rain

I’m travelling light
A river runs through me
My friend’s the night
And day is my key
I jump through clouds
I dance on the edges
Of my personal heaven

I drink this wine here on my own
Drinking for two, thinking alone
I’m smoking for three – that’s me, it looks like me
I cry my tears my beautiful tears
Without regrets
Until the sun sets.

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