Secrets

Saltyjohn

Music and performance by Alex Klages, my lyrics.

Secrets
2023©John Schofield
Chorus:
What a glorious favour you’ve done
What a terrible kindness it is
When you take a secret on board
And promise not to tell anyone

V1
You can tell the wind your secret
But it may tell the trees
And if the wind should do that
The trees may tell the seas

V2
You can’t keep secrets for ever
Time’s a little bird who sings
Time doesn’t like to keep secrets
So time tells everything

Chorus:
What a glorious favour you’ve done
What a terrible kindness it is
When you take a secret on board
And promise not to tell anyone

Bridge:
What secrets do you have to hide?
What secrets lurk in your past?
What secrets prey on your conscience?
Waiting to ambush your mind

Chorus:
What a glorious favour you’ve done
What a terrible kindness it is
When you take a secret on board
And promise not to tell anyone