Steve Forbert — Oh, To Be Back With You lyrics

Lyrics

In the shadow of the old north church I courted her
While the pigeons and the gargoyles perched she sang
Is there anyone who’s seen those eyes dismissing her?
Is there anyone who’s lips she’s kissed complained?
Seven months and seven wonders, seven roads of rain and thunder
Seven hills of lamplight gleaming, seven turns toward where you’re
dreaming
Oh, to be back with you
On a mission of the crossroad palms, simplicity
Could function as a fine first prize for pain
But picking up the breadcrumb clues efficienctly
Will light me up a new days dawn, but strange
In the shadow of the old north church I courted her
In the clanging of the cast iron bell, her face
While the shadows of the hil