I'm the son of the
wild swan of Flanders
Who sailed on a river of dreams
My mother the swan has left me and gone
My home is the banks of the stream
And the marvellous clouds sail by,
marvellous clouds
I've seen all the lovers in doorways
I've heard every promise at dawn
I've spent too much time
just standing in line
To be told I should move along
And the marvellous clouds sail by,
marvellous clouds
Aloft in the soft summer sky,
marvellous clouds
I've looked in the eyes of your heroes
As they sailed home from far distant lands
The mud on their uniforms,
mud on their boots
Blood on their faces and hands
And the marvellous clouds sail by,
marvellous clouds
Aloft in the soft summer sky,
marvellous clouds
My father the king of the mountain
Looks down and watches his child
Come home, says he,
if you hate what you see
You're young and the country is wild
But I stay and I wait for the cannons
And the drums stop drumming my ear
Is it too late,
Have you run out of time?
It's a matter of days or just years
And the marvelous clouds sail by
Marvelous clouds
Clothed in the soft summer sky
Marvelous Clouds
Marvelous Clouds
Marvelous Clouds
The Marvelous Clouds