“Daniel”
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
They say Spain is pretty though I’ve never been
Well Daniel says it’s the best place that he’s ever seen
Oh and he should know, he’s been there enough
Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much
Daniel my brother you are older than me
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won’t heal
Your eyes have died but you see more than I
Daniel you’re a star in the face of the sky
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
Oh God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in my eyes
If you hear this under the duvet on a perfect spring morning like today it feels like heaven! Every line seems to haunt the one before and the words seem to come out fully formed! Never dates for me and think the sense of acknowledgement, love and care reminds listeners of what matters.
Been rereading Alice Walker’s Color Purple this week and in a completely oblique way that line of Shug’s where she describes the spiritual wondruousness of walking through a field of the color purple reminded me of Elton’s Elegy for Daniel here.
Perhaps Elton like Alice Walker is a pantheist too..or is it just the me and the sunshine?
Perhaps !