The Great Valerio Lyrics - Fatima Mansions

(Lyrics / Music--Richard Thompson) Published by Warlock Music Ltd. 

High up above the crowd 

the great Valerio is walking 

The rope seems hung from cloud to cloud 

and time stands still as he is walking 

His eye is steady on the target 

His foot is sure upon the rope 

Alone and peaceful as a mountain 

and certain as a mountain slope 

We falter at the sight 

We stumble in the mire 

Fools who think they see the light 

Prepare to balance on the wire 

But we learn to watch together 

and feed on what we see above 

until our hearts turn like the seasons 

and we are acrobats of love 

CHORUS: 

How we wonder, how we wonder, watching down below 

We would all be that great hero 

The Great Valerio