Pendulum

Slipping away, I said slowly slipping away,
To my dream, to my dream.

The pendulum is swinging – from light to dark,
Which is gonna' be the road to take?
The one that comes easy or the one that’s in the heart,
Lighthouse show me a way beam a reason to me.

Is it out there in the sea,
Or is it all just a pipe dream in the sand?

There was a meaning once,
But somehow it got changed,
Twisted and screwed up to suit an “I know” mind.
Should have stayed by a friend of mine,
should have done what I wanted for a change.
That general’s a money man now,
Planning his next campaign.

Lighthouse show me a way beam a reason to me.
Is it out there in the sea,
Or is it all just a pipe dream in the sand?

That generals a good man now,
He learnt from his escapades,
and the road in my heart was chosen, not by me.

Is this what it’s all meant to be,
Or is it all just a pipe dream in the sand?

Someday you’ll make it through,
I said someday you’ll make it through.
I said: "one day . . . ." I said “one day . . . .
You’ll make it through."

One day, you'll make it through,
I said, one day, you'll make it through,
I said, one day, you'll make it through,
I said, one day, you'll make it through.

Listen to the music:
Pendulum
1978 - 7:07 - BM031

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© John Buckingham 1978