The Silent Girl (with Laughter in her Eyes)

[Okay, this is an ancient one - probably from 1984 or 1983, for Megan. With all of the clumsy metaphor

that you'd expect from an awkward 20-year old. Sorry! Chords forthcoming, eventually. I just remembered

this one out of the blue a couple of days ago, and wanted to get it copied before I forgot it existed again.]

Don't know just what it is that keeps her eyes on me

I'm not the kind of man to trust in fate

Seems I found myself washed up on a desert isle

And rubbed her magic lantern by mistake

Or is it the other way: that she had rescued me

Y'see she freed me from my castle built of lies

Don't know what it is but I hope I never lose

The silent girl with laughter in her eyes

She dances like a whirlwind and caresses like a breeze

And loves you like the dreams that come at night

She's got a magic that can make you laugh until you cry

And uses it on everyone in sight

But after the storm has passed and I'm left standing still

Like a tree spared by the hurricane that flies

She's given me the freedom that I hope I never use

To leave the silent girl with laughter in her eyes

[bridge]

Have you ever wandered through a midnight misted wood?

Felt the whole world spinning on its way?

Did you realize the only thing you ever could?

Have you ever woke and loved the day?

Don't know just what it is that keeps her eyes on me

I won't be hurt if I don't ever know

She's given me a garden on that empty desert isle

And left with me the seeds of love to grow

And I've waited 'til the storm has passed and planted them with care

Now I'm waiting for the harvest moon to rise

To bring a new tomorrow built from worn-out yesterdays

To live with the silent girl with laughter in her eyes