| Roman Candles In The Rain
Lyric by Clive James, music by Pete Atkin
Nothing for and everything against;
Little distance kept and less to gain;
We're fireworks the weather tries to quell
But a Roman candle still works in the rain.
And so we win and hold our little space
And that much ground is all ours for a while —
So very small it keeps us face to face;
We knock each other sideways with a smile.
For we are Roman candles in the rain
Quick to end but lucky to begin;
Taking just so long to flare and die
As widens out a tired child's eye
Before the pouring midnight closes in.
|
|
|
|
|  |
