Dear Sister - Scott McKenzie

Dear sister

I sing this letter to you

Hear it

Listen to me say

That this stone around my neck

Won’t stop stop turning, no

And each turn takes me another mile away

And it won’t tell me where I’m going

And it won’t tell me where I’ve been

It won’t tell me if I’ll ever

Get back to you again

Won’t you settle for this necklace

Strung from highways

Wear it

Listen to me say

That this fire behind my eyes

Won’t stop burning, no

And until the flame is out

I can never stay

And it won’t tell me where I’m going

And it won’t tell me where I’ve been

And it won’t tell me if I’ll ever

Get back to you again

And it’s always just the same

I go the door again

Keep moving

When the light starts growing dim

I’ve got to reach up

Quarter-rim of a beginning

But someday, somewhere

When these bitter days are over

Then the stories of my streets

Can cease their tellings