Turn Of The Century Lyrics

The song Turn Of The Century is performed by Yes in the album named In a Word: Yes (1969 - ) in the year 2002 .



Realizing a form out of stone
Set hands moving
Roan shaped his heart
through his working hands
Work to mold his pa*sion into clay, like the sun

In his room his lady
she would dance and sing so completely
So be still he now cries
I have time oh let clay transform thee so

In the deep cold of night
winter calls he cries Don't deny me
For his lady, deep her illness
Time has caught her
and will for all reasons take her

In the still light of dawn, she dies
Helpless hands soul revealing

Like leaves we touch we learn
We once knew the story
As winter calls he will starve
All but to see the stone be life

Now Roan, no more tears
Set to work his strength
So transformed him
realizing a form out of stone
His work so absorbed him
Could she hear him?
Could she see him?
All aglow was his room dazed in this light
He would touch her
he would hold her
Laughing as they danced
Highest colors touching others

Did her eyes at the turn of the century
tell me plainly
How we meet, how we'll love, oh let life so transform me

Like leaves we touched we danced
We once knew the story
As autumn called and we both
remembered all those many years ago
I'm sure we know

Was the sign of the day with a touch
As I kiss your fingers
We walk hands in the sun
Memories when we're young
Love lingers so

Was it sun through the haze
that made all your looks
as warm as moonlight?
As a pearl deep your eyes
tears have flown away
all the same light

Did her eyes at the turn of the century
tell me plainly
when we meet how we'll look
as we smile time will leave me clearly

Like leaves we touch, we see
We will know the story
As autumn calls we'll both remember
all those many years ago




Yes - In a Word: Yes (1969 - )

Jul 2002

  1. Every Little Thing
  2. Sweetness
  3. Astral Traveller
  4. Dear Father
  5. Clap
  6. I've Seen All Good People
  7. The Revealing Science Of God
  8. To Be Over
  9. Release, Release
  10. Arriving UFO
  11. Richard
  12. Tango
  13. Never Done Before
  14. Crossfire
  15. Machine Messiah
  16. Fist Of Fire (alternate version)
  17. The Calling
  18. Homeworld (The Ladder)
  19. The Messenger
  20. Last Train
  21. In The Presence Of
  22. Survival
  23. Then
  24. Sweet Dreams
  25. Time And A Word
  26. Yours Is No Disgrace
  27. Perpetual Change
  28. Starship Trooper
  29. Roundabout
  30. South Side Of The Sky
  31. Heart Of The Sunrise
  32. America
  33. Close To The Edge
  34. Siberian Khatru
  35. Long Distance Runaround
  36. The Gates Of Delirium
  37. Going For The One
  38. Turn Of The Century
  39. Wonderous Stories
  40. Don't Kill The Whale
  41. Tempus Fugit
  42. Owner Of A Lonely Heart
  43. It Can Happen
  44. Leave It
  45. Hold On
  46. Rhythm Of Love
  47. Love Will Find A Way
  48. Holy Lamb
  49. Brother Of Mine
  50. I Would Have Waited Forever
  51. Lift Me Up
  52. I Am Waiting
  53. Mind Drive
  54. Open Your Eyes
  55. Universal Garden


Turn Of The Century