Silence Is Back

No radio we’re too far into the desert
where the showoffs and the ball games disappear
where talk shows turn to static then tranquility
and there’s silence for pop songs
and the headlines on the hour

Then Indian drums broadcast on the wind
into the moonlit night
where lovers going calmly with their superstitions
believe what they believe
unmoved by the opinions of a talk show host
and accusations flying from the radio tower and

Chorus

Silence is back
in the darkness and the desert wind
Silence is back in the cities and the shops we’re in
Silence is back
Too soulful to rage on too peaceful to attack
Silence is back

In the noise of news reports and my bungled meditation
there goes the stillness of the setting sun
I am mindful now of crime scenes battle grounds
and a goodness in the world
that goes uncaptured on video tape

Then a jazz quartet softly in the cell phones and the civic centers
We are punch drunk with gossip and coffee advertising
but we believe what we believe
And I’m turning my attention from a shouting match
to a sailboat in the wind running off the cape

Chorus

In the moonlit desert I take my lover’s hand
we’re walking on the sugar dunes
it’s a world away from the Soda Wars
there’s a stillness alive unbroken by arguments
there is no national debate
just the sound of the moon when it shines
and the rain when it pours
and silence

© 2003 David Harris
From the album, “Silence Is Back”

http://www.DavidHarris.com libertybeach@mail.com All songs written by David Harris. Copyright 2006 Liberty Beach Music, BMI. Used by permission.

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