All Across The Havens

Music by elton john

Lyrics by bernie taupin

Released as a uk b-side in january, 1969



The sister of sunlight

Comes to my lonely life

Bearing the crosses i hung

I hung on my lonely wife

And the anchor told me

If i prayed by the river

That the sweet sound of water

Would always go with her



All across the havens to the waterfall

They told me i would meet her there

Inside those icy walls

But how on earth in this universe

Can they forgive me of my pains

For all across the havens

I must stumble locked in chains





Then the mother of mercy

Showed me her stable

And told me you would be safe

Safe in her cradle

And the waterfall opened

And the water withdrew

Leaving me standing

On a road leading through


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