Alli Rogers - I Caught Sight lyrics

Our feet were marching to a perfect tune We wandered in upon a room The middle of the afternoon We were surrounded by acacia trees The water flowing past our knees I love to come to days like these Just yesterday I felt like you had left us here I could not conjure up the sense that you were near I know why I'm feeling Suddenly full of light and I'm still reeling I couldn't have guessed that I'd catch sight of you I caught sight of you Once I was riding on a sleeper train Reading from a magazine, I was only seventeen In walked a mother holding the hand of her little son He was having so much fun, smiling up at everyone I had been thinking life was not as good as I expected But I was taken back by how much joy his eyes reflected When joy is tired and jaded When hope is mild and faded In the water rushing over my feet And in the eyes of a child reminding me