Fountain Of Sorrow Lyrics - Joan Baez

Looking through some photographs i found inside a drawer 

I was taken by a photograph of you 

There were one or two i know that you would have liked a little more 

But they didn't show your spirit quite as true 

You were turning 'round to see who was behind you 

And i took your childish laughter by surprise 

And at the moment that my camera happened to find you 

There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes 

Now the things that i remember seem so distant and so small 

Though it hasn't really been that long a time 

What i was seeing wasn't really happening at all 

Although for a while, our path did seem to climb 

But when you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger 

And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool 

So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger 

While the loneliness seems to spring from your life 

Like a fountain from a pool 

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Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light 

You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight 

You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right 

And it's good to see your smiling face tonight 

Now for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams 

But that magic feeling never seems to last 

And while the future's there for anyone to change, still you know it's seems 

It would be easier sometimes to change the past 

I'm just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you 

In my lessons at love's pain and heartache school 

Where if you feel too free and you need something to remind you 

There's this loneliness springing up from your life 

Like a fountain from a pool 

Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light 

You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight 

You've had to hide sometimes but now you're all right 

And it's good to see your smiling face tonight 

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Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light 

You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight 

You've had to struggle, you've had to fight 

To keep understanding and compassion in sight 

You could be laughing at me, you've got the right 

But you go on smiling so clear and so bright