Unfinished Life Lyrics - Gold In California: A Retrospective Of Recordings 1975-1985, Vol. 1 & 2 - Kate Wolf

It's an unfinished life 

That I find lies before me 

An open-ended dream 

And I don't want to wake 

I've crossed so many rivers 

In search of crystal fountains 

I've found the truest paths 

Always lead through mountains 

I've seen water on the sky 

And fire burning on the lake 

Chorus: 

You said to me 

I cannot make you happy 

Like a wounded bird 

You must find the strength to fly 

Time can paint the tree tops 

With colours of the rainbow 

But you cannot find the end 

No matter how you try 

It's a journey with my soul 

That I am taking 

One that only goes 

From the cradle to the grave 

Going 'round in circles 

Like painted dancing horses 

Up and down we ride 

On the wooden courses 

And light from a lover's eyes 

Is all that I can save 

Chorus 

So I'll take the day and run 

Out across the open fields 

Where the grass grows high 

And the shadows fall 

Where my eyes can see 

All the colours in the air 

So quiet that the wind 

Whistles in my hair 

And takes the rising dust 

And carries it away 

Chorus