Barclay James Harvest - Ring Of Changes

The Morse code with which Les’s title track begins actually spells out "ring of changes", and the album’s theme of cyclical change is continued in the circular artwork, the lyrics of this song and the reprise of the orchestral motif at the end, bringing us neatly back to where we came in. Lyrics: Talk of tomorrow And you talk of the times that have been The wheels keep on turning Turning circles we go round again Never ending the time is bending These songs all the same And we will stand listening Looking back on the ones that remain And time hurries on We are here, we are gone And time passes on All the words of your song Turn the pages Nothing ages That's what you will see Turn the pages Ring of changes Is what it will be The sun when it's rising Paints a shadow on where it has been And night is surprising To the people who stand in between Filling spaces you see their face As they wake from their dream And we will stand looking Taking note of the things we have seen And time hurries on We are here, we are gone And time passes on All the words of your song Turn the pages Nothing ages That's what you will see Turn the pages Ring of changes Is what it will be [Les Holroyd, © BJH Ltd/Handle Music Ltd]