I started this last September in Athens.
One of my favourite places on earth. |
Dreamy beach, golden sand, a turquoise silky sea, I am back in Greece and again I feel set free, To express how I feel about this wonderful land, And to share it with you and make you understand. Athens is the gold rose that I keep in my heart, I can't remember when this love affair did start, But I always knew, I would love her till I die. It's something I don't question, I never ask why? I just accept that it will always be this way, Thank God for giving me Athens to love today. I wear a golden rose ring upon my finger, When I see yellow roses I tend to linger, They make me feel happy, I think always of you, This great love of mine for Athens has seen me through Some bad times, tinged with sadness, when I have felt cold, When I've not valued anything silver or gold. But when I return to Athens, in mainland Greece, My heart feels so happy and my soul is at peace. I sit, look at the mountains, the sand and the sea, Again my mind is unfettered, released, set free. I knew many years ago when I was a child, And Greece I suspect was more beautiful and wild, Perhaps not built up, as I find it is today, No matter how it is I'd love it anyway. How did I know when I had never read a book About Greece or Athens? I didn't have a look At the place I was falling in love with for life, With a love that is as strong as being a wife. Oh Athens we have been fifteen long years apart, You are, always will be, the gold rose in my heart. |