From the recording On This Shore
Lyrics
A spring song about walking hand in hand and being happily surprised by life.
SURPRISE
Walking along
Sunlight on our skin
Blue sky in our eye
Hand enlaced in hand
Other couples walking by
you can tell by the light in their eyes
Bird in the blue, tilting on a tree
So—say hello to the breeze
Spring is come and winter's gloom is gone
There's a shadow
running through the grass
disappears into the sunlight
as we will disappear
by the light of the moon
orange & butter yellow
swirling pastels in a starlit cafe
pass on through the light...
pass on through the light...
Instrumental
The constant surprise that we're alive
the bird the breeze the leaves the waving sea
afternoons of light
afternoons of light
light light light light ...
hand enlaced in hand
hand enlaced in hand
Lyric, music, voice, guitar: Brian Campbell
Female backing vocal: Ema Jean
Recorded at Studio Loco, Montreal