Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver Follow

Poet With Wings
Doyle Lawson
With memories of your sweet love on my mind
I found my way south in the rain
Thinking of bridges I'd burned in my life
Each bridge causes somebody pain
But yesterday's apples are gone from the trees
Sour grapes are gone from the vine
Tomorrow a new life is starting for you
While nothin' is changin' in mine
A drifter is only a poet with wings
He moves but he can't learn to fly
Runnin' in footsteps ahead of his time
With no one to hear if he cries
ride: chorus melody
I'm only a south wind that blew in the night
To warm you but just for awhile
I know what it means sweetheart when you lose
But some day you'll look back and smile
I can't be your lover, you don't want a friend
I guess that's the way it must be
For nothing remains as it was yesterday
You'd only be hurt lovin' me
A drifter is only a poet with wings
He moves but he can't learn to fly
Runnin' in footsteps ahead of his time
With no one to hear if he cries
ride: chorus melody, repeat the chorus, tag last line