Sierra Leone

(album: An Hour Before It's Dark - 2022)

[I "Chance In A Million"]

I found this object deep below the ground
Chance in a million under rubbish town
Where little barefoot children scratch around
Fishing for treasure in the broken glass

Dug around for years
In darkness and in sweat
Finding nothing yet until today, until today
A billion years of waiting
For me to come along
Bigger than my hand, how can this be?
Now I'm free
But I won't sell this diamond
I won't sell this diamond

[II "The White Sand"]

I'm sleeping in the white sand
I'm sleeping in the white sand
I'm dreaming in the white sand of Sierra Leone

I'm sleeping in the white sand
I'm dreaming in the white sand
I'm sleeping in the white sand
Of Sierra Leone

[III "The Diamond"]

I won't sell this diamond
I won't sell this diamond
I know she could give me
Incalculable riches
Everything I ever wanted
All that men desire
I don't need that now

I won't sell this diamond
Though I have no need for it
Except to be me
To do as I please
I will hide this diamond
And I'll never be the same again
Finally I'm free
To have my own mind
For the first time in my life

Walking free
In Freetown
Walking free

Dozing in the sunset like the haze on the road
Shimmering my head

[IV "The Blue Warm Air"]

Hold her to my eye
Staring at the sky
See the colours split and light divide
She sends me into dreams
A fire she has inside
Indigo and green
Shot through with laser beams
And visions too

Sparkle in the blue warm air
Sparkle in the blue warm air
Of Sierra Leone

[V "More Than Treasure"]

I won't... sell this diamond
I won't

This is more than treasure
This is more than treasure
This was sent to me from God

This is more than treasure
This is more than treasure
This was sent to me from God

Dreaming in the white sand
Dreaming in the white sand
Bathing in the laughter of children
Who dance into the sea

I'm dreaming in the white sand