Somewhere out of all the darkened days Like a searching stream of light Broken shards across an empty sky Casting shadows in our eyes Lying broken in the wind Long before last summer's leaves had turned She was the heartbeat in my life Not a moment goes by She was the sweetness on the wind The cold breath whisper of a Northern night The flickering flame that brings us in To the warmth in her smile On the corner of an empty street A child with wide-eyed dreams Hoping that a father's race had run So they could live like kings Where the back court shadows fall Sunlight glistens on the broken glass Empty words, empty fall And the moment is past She was the sweetness on the wind The cold breath whisper of a Northern night The flickering flame that brings us in To the warmth in her smile Now the mirror years have spread all their lies Across the city and the world The age of innocence is all but gone But not the beauty and the curls But still her heartbeat sings The melodies are long defined on hope A strength, a dignity, a pride Down the long London road