Song Description

Thinking about paradise lost and how to get back there

Lyrics

Mariana © 2012 Ken Kahn

Mariana, in a space I had forgotten.
When the island music plays, I go searching for the days I spent with you.
Winter lingers and the chill hangs in my marrow.
Fragile ice hangs from the eaves, and the promise of green leaves seems dead and gone.

Paradise in my mind, Mariana
Where my life was blooming
I've been dreaming of peace: Mariana
Wake each day, in that island town, people on their way just so - Oh, oh.

Now and then, things are known to have escaped me.
Couldn't give the time of day. Clever things I used to say all pass me by
Friends are worried, their concern is for my future.
But the magic of your skies lingers, back behind my eyes. That where I've gone.

Paradise in my mind, Mariana
Where my life was blooming
I've been dreaming of peace: Mariana
Wake each day, in that island town, people on their way just so -

Wake each day, just a few things on my mind,
And I'm headin' out the door, see the people in a line
And they're clapping hands, walking right in time
Each on their way, just so - the simplest notion

Paradise in my mind, Mariana
Where my life was blooming
I've been dreaming of peace: Mariana
Wake each day, in that sleepy town, people on their way just so -
Wake each day, treat each other right, sleep so well at night, you know it's
A simple equation

Wake each day, just a few things on my mind
Gotta learn to rise and shine, gonna figure out a way
Gotta travel back in time, gonna find the words to say
I am coming home to stay, hello, hello Mariana