Sand

I asked a distant star, "I wonder where you are"
 The shadow at my door, a friend who is no more
 I watched him go to the wind
 I closed my eyes, goodbye, goodbye my friend
 Friends and family, the branches of the tree
 Sheltered in the rain, telling me again
 "No matter how the raindrops run
 The world will turn, turn back to the sun"
 Yeah, yeah
 A trick of light upon our eyes
 A trick of time upon our lives
 Ancient songs cry out to you
 Surely this sweet sand is slipping through
 I watched him go to the wind
 I closed my eyes, goodbye, goodbye my friend
 Yeah
 A trick of light upon our eyes
 A trick of time upon our lives
 Ancient songs cry out to you
 Surely this sweet sand is slipping through
 Slipping through the glass of time
 Slipping through the glass
 Surely this sweet sand will run out by and by
 And while the days come down to you
 While the days come down
 You are just a traveler passing through
 Ooh, yeah, yeah