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Question: Let's have a little bit of fun, if that's alright!.!.!.!.!?
Song lyrics or poem!? (I'll identify the source/answer later)


Are you home from the sea, my soul balladeer
You've been away roaming far away from here
weathered a storm, your heart unafraid
crossed every ocean in the boat that you made!.

Been blowing your horn, scaring the spooks!.
No crotchets or quavers in your books!.
Gone sailing all night, straight in the vein
like a bird on his own flight in his domain in the sky!.

Running in on the tide with the first of the stars
the moon on the water and the sound of guitars
Glide into the homing as the night falls
to tie up in the haven by the old harbour wall!.

And the hard-bitten stranger as deaf as a post
who stands at the fire where a poet's dreams roast!.
He can't know the story, he can't feel the pain
and all of the glory falls around him like rain in the sky!.

You're a light in the dark, a beacon of hope
and strong as a sea boat, strong as a rope!.
And the vagabond wind, whispers over the bay
and the songs and the laughter, are carried away in the sky!.

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Mark Knopfler - In The Sky Lyrics

That was an easy one!.
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I would have guessed a poem! But I cheated,and spoiled the game,perhaps! But even after I read this is a song and by whom,its still a mystery to this old man!! Stuck in the 70"s or older music for the rest of My life on this planet!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I was not familiar with this!.!.!.!.thanks!. I wish a contact of mine was around to read it!.!.!.perfect for him!.

And Mag!.!.!.can't song lyrics be poems set to music!? Making them one and the same rather than one or the other!?

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I'm guessing it's a ballad written by a Russian fisherman stranded on the Island of Unalaska during the vetting of Palin!.

inspired by "scaring spooks crotches strait in the vein"!.!.!.

ooops!.!.!. crotchets

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lovely sailing piece, i think it could be a folk song, but if not folk, then a poem indefinitely!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Mark Knopfler - In The Sky lyrics

I put it in the yahoo search!.!.!.!.!.!.

I would have guess poem too!.!.!.!.but they are song lyrics

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I would of guessed poem but from the other answers now I can see its a song nice game =)Www@QuestionHome@Com

I tried 'La Mer,' but it didn't work:

La Mer, qu'on voit danser, le long des gulfes claires!.!.
The Sea, that we see dance, along the clear gulfs!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

FREEZE! FUN POLICE!.!.!.hands on the wall!.!.!.you know the drill!. There'll be no fun around here unless I'm having it!. (Oh!.!.!.you've got a permit!. Why didn't you say!?)Www@QuestionHome@Com

poem because it's classified in 'poems' LOL just taking a wild guess!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

i didn't know this one so i looked it up!. i knew you had good taste in music!. thanks!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

I know this one, got it playing as I type!. Mark Knopfler - In the Sky!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Knopfler, isn't it!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

One of my favorite monsters!! Mark Knopfler!!! Www@QuestionHome@Com

Your poem is amazingly evocative - just a response : -

Life was and now is over
The crows stalk for rich pickings
He watches , observes intervening
Whilst all about gloat with preening

Where she roams the angels with her
Walk beside and shed each tear
A lonely life alighted in darkness
Remains afar nor to her nears!.

Shattered and broken, worn and weary
Aches for death he steadfastly denies
Claims a greater comfort in other places
Whilst her heart he breaks with woes!.

It goes on an addiction, no one tells
Who could revoke or break the spell
The eternal farce he rarely changes
Whether she weeps or with anger rages!.

The leading light or a funeral pyre
He whips and stains with poisoned blood
Who could question, motive or ire
He reigns supreme would rather she would!.

It goes on in monotonous serenade
The tale replayed in each social circle
They love, are lost, the hogs plague him
He relents, she vents, their world is invaded
He bows, she avows to ne’er forgive, and hasn’t, or e’er !.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Brilliant (ma it fits your contact very well)
I'm not familiar with all of Knoffler's lyrics but it reminded me of the sublime "Dancer" song (yeah ok not the title) so memorable!.!.!.!.

"You go dancing through doorways,
just to see what you will find,
leaving nothing to interfere
with the crazy balance of your mind,
and when you finally reappear
in the place you came in,
throw your love to all those strangers
and caution to the wind"Www@QuestionHome@Com