The Time of the Turning

[Verse 1: Richie Havens]
In the big house
Where the sun lives
With the walls so white and blue
In the red soil
All the green grows
And the winds blow across your face
They blow across your heart

[Chorus: Alison Goldfrapp]
It's the time of the turning and there's something stirring outside
It's the time of turning and we'd better learn to say our goodbyes

[Verse 2: Richie Havens]
All the earth breaks
Like a stale bread
And the seeds are folded in the soil
Oh the sun pours
Then the rains fall
While the roots reach out right through the ground
They reach out through the ground

[Chorus: Alison Goldfrapp]
It's the time of turning and there's something stirring outside
It's the time of turning and the old world's falling
Nothing you can do can stop the next emerging
Time of the turning and we'd better learn to say our goodbyes

[Outro: Richie Havens]
If we can stand up
When all else falls down
We'll last through the winter
We'll last through the storms
We'll last through the north winds
That bring down the ice and snow
We'll last through the long nights
Till the green field's growing again
Growing again