"Love Has No Ending" lyrics

As I walked out one evening
Walking down Bristol Street
The crowds upon the pavement
Were fields of harvest wheat

And down by the brimming river
I heard a lover sing
Under the arch of a railway

Love has no ending

I'll love you till the ocean
Is folded and hung up to dry
Till the seven stars go squawking
Like geese about the sky

The world shall run like rabbits
'Cause in my heart, I hold
The flowers of the ages

Love has no ending
Love has no ending

And all the clocks in the city
Began to whirr and chime
O, let not time deceive you
You cannot conquer time

In the burrows of the nightmare
Where justice naked is
Time watches from the shadows
And coughs when you would kiss

O, plunge your hands in the water
Plunge them up to the wrists
Stare, stare in the basin
And wonder what you've missed

The glacier knocks in the cupboard
The desert sighs in the bed
The crack in the teacup opens
A lane to the land of the dead

Where the beggars raffle the banknotes
And the giant's enchanting to Jack
And the lily-white boy is a roarer
And Jill goes down on her back

O look, look in the mirror
Look in your distress
Life remains a blessing
Although you cannot bless

O stand, stand at the window
As your tears scald and start
You will love your crooked neighbor
With all your crooked heart

It was late, late in the evening
The lovers had all gone
The clocks had ceased their chiming
And the deep river ran on

Love has no ending
Love has no ending
Love has no ending
Love has no ending

Love has no end