Voices On The Wind Lyrics - Levellers

There's a man on the mountain 

Who hides himself away 

A voice on the wind there 

Is telling him to stay 

He knows on the outside 

The world has looked away 

From that night in the valley 

When they took them all away 

Now the rock of ages 

Has broken at his feet 

The history of centuries 

Lies scattered down the street 

The houses are all empty now 

Left broken there to die 

The children's playground 

Burned and gone with no-one left to cry 

Can you hear it 

Can you hear the sound of voices 

Carried on the wind 

Can you hear it 

Can you hear the sound of voices 

Carried on the wind 

He drowned himself in sorrow 

And he drowned himself in drink 

He drowned himself in self-pity 

Until it made him sick 

He knew he was no master 

Just a slave to himself 

To the voices that have tortured him 

That he'll take to his grave 

Can you hear it 

Can you hear the sound of voices 

Carried on the wind 

Can you hear it 

Can you hear the sound of voices 

Carried on the wind 

Time passes slowly 

Sometimes he's at a loss 

And he wishes he could change it all 

But you can't turn back the clock 

He picks up the broken pieces 

Of that so sacred rock 

And he takes them to a safer place 

Where they'll be forever lost 

Can you hear it 

Can you hear the sound of voices 

Carried on the wind 

Can you hear it 

Can you hear the sound of voices 

Carried on the wind 

Can you hear the sound of voices 

Carried on the wind 

Can you hear the sound of voices 

Carried on the wind