The sun is warm, the air is clear and still Soon we'll be standing on the pier They chased the devil from the church on the hill And they offer you angels' tears I never knew the name Of the angel who flew too close to the flame And maybe, maybe, Maybe I never will
The sun is climbing high overhead The distance fading from the view A wisp of smoke is a homespun thread Through silver and gold and blue It comes as no surprise That all these years under foreign skies Has made me, made me, Made me lose the thread
You can come in the night Like a silkie from the sea Eyes quick and bright Full of destiny Or like a broken king In the hour before the dawn Hoping to find your Avalon Sun on the water makes you feel you can fly But smoke on the water makes you cry Smoke on the water makes you cry
Dusk is here and far in the west Soon the fire will be gone Reaching home is the hardest test With the darkest night coming on The ship of legend turns And the mariner knows the sweetness that burns And says he, says he, Says he'll return at dawn