THE WAKING HOUR (David Francey)

I wake to the radio mornin news
Just as the day is dawnin
And I watch from the window while a passing cloud
Dulls a hopeful morning
And I wonder will the girl I love
Come back with the mornin
But the omen crow at the wakin hour
Has given me fair warnin

And the heart that’s breakin never makes a sound

She was once my heart’s delight
My need and my desire
She was my day, she was my night
My water and my fire
And I was once the same to her
When we still walked together
But the heavy heart of the wakin hour
Is expectin heavy weather

And the heart that’s breakin never makes a sound
And the heart that’s breakin never makes a sound

I know love, I’ve seen love’s face
And I understand its sorrow
For every love I’ve ever had
Has always met tomorrow
Though I am Wednesday’s child of woe
I try not to be ungrateful
But I was born at midnight black
With a heart that can be hateful

And the heart…

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