James Webb

Lyrics

Gungartan by James Webb
© 1981, 2010. Amadeus WAM

There’s a fire in the Western sky,
And dark in my soul.
Hands deny the Southeast wind,
But my heart is cold.
Don’t know where I’m going,
See only where I’ve been.
Can’t face tomorrow,
Without pretending.

I remember a time I knew you well
Thought it always would last.
Reaching out but your other world,
Is fading so fast.
Are you down here on this cold ground,
In heaven or in my soul.
Another day without you,
Growing older.

Bridge
Gotta find a way,
Back to where my life began.
Second time around,
I want to hold you once again.
All this fantasy,
No good for me, no way.
My friends know I’m not getting by,
But they don’t give me away.

They say I’m losing sight of reality,
Slipping further away.
Time will come to face it,
Just can’t make it today.
Precious dreams now faded,
Picture not quite drawn.
Gungartan holds the story,
From a life, the pages torn.

In the Western sky fire burns,
Dark in my soul.
Hands deny the Southeast wind,
But my heart is cold.
When this mountain side where I laid you,
Burns golden in tomorrow’s dawn.
I’ll turn my back on Gungartan,
Taking what’s left of me to mourn.

(Gungartan, 2068m, Snowy Mountains, NSW)