I asked a distant star, "I wonder where you are" The shadow at my door, a friend who is no more I watched him go to the wind I closed my eyes, goodbye, goodbye my friend Friends and family, the branches of the tree Sheltered in the rain, telling me again "No matter how the raindrops run The world will turn, turn back to the sun" Yeah, yeah A trick of light upon our eyes A trick of time upon our lives Ancient songs cry out to you Surely this sweet sand is slipping through I watched him go to the wind I closed my eyes, goodbye, goodbye my friend Yeah A trick of light upon our eyes A trick of time upon our lives Ancient songs cry out to you Surely this sweet sand is slipping through Slipping through the glass of time Slipping through the glass Surely this sweet sand will run out by and by And while the days come down to you While the days come down You are just a traveler passing through Ooh, yeah, yeah