Van Morrison: Quotes about time

“When all the dark clouds roll away
And the sun begins to shine
I see my freedom from across the way
And it comes right in on time
Well it shines so bright and it gives so much light
And it comes from the sky above
Makes me feel so free makes me feel like me
And lights my life with love.”

Van Morrison

Brand New Day
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)

Love , Life , Way , Feeling

“Some people spend their time just runnin' round in circles
Always chasing some exotic bird
I prefer to spend some time just listening for that special something
That I've never ever heard
I like a new song to sing, another show or somewhere entirely different to be
But baby you make me feel so free.”

Van Morrison

You Make Me Feel So Free
Song lyrics, Into the Music (1979)

People , Feeling , Bird , Singing

“Linden Arden stole the highlights
With one hand tied behind his back.
Loved the morning sun and whiskey
Ran like water in his veins.
Loved to go to church on Sunday,
Even though he was a drinkin' man.
When the boys came to San Francisco,
They were looking for his life.
But he found out where they were drinking,
Met them face to face outside.
Cleaved their heads off with a hatchet,
Lord, he was a drinkin' man.
And when somebody tried to get above him,
He just took the law into his own hands.
Linden Arden stole the highlights,
And they put his fingers through the glass.
He had heard all those stories many, many times before,
And he did not care, nor know, to ask.
And he loved the little children like they were his very own.
You say 'Someday, he may get lonely,
Now he's livin', livin' with a gun.”

Van Morrison

Linden Arden Stole the Highlights
Song lyrics, Veedon Fleece (1974)

Love , Life , Children , Law

“What's my line?
I'm happy cleaning windows
Take my time
I'll see you when my love grows
Baby don't let it slide
I'm a working man in my prime
Cleaning windows…”

Van Morrison

Cleaning Windows
Song lyrics, Beautiful Vision (1982)

Love , Time , Baby , Happiness

“Don't want to discuss it, I think it's time for a change.
You may get disgusted, some think that I'm strange
In that case I'll go underground, get some heavy rest
Never have to worry, about what is worst and what is best.”

Van Morrison

Domino
Song lyrics, His Band and the Street Choir (1970)

Thinking , Change , Time

“These are the days of the endless summer
These are the days, the time is now
There is no past, there's only future
There's only here, there's only now.”

Van Morrison

These Are the Days
Song lyrics, Avalon Sunset (1989)

Time , Past , Future , Summer

“Got my ticket at the airport
Well I guess I've been marking time
I've been living in another country
That operates along entirely different lines
Keep me away from porter or whiskey
Don't play anything sentimental it'll make me cry
I've got to go back my friend
Is there really any need to ask why?”

Van Morrison

Got to Go Back
Song lyrics, No Guru (1986)

Time , Cry , Country

“Come here my love
And I will lift my spirits high for you
I'd like to fly away and spend a day or two
Just contemplating the fields and leaves and talking about nothing
Just layin' down in shades of effervescent, effervescent odors
And shades of time and tide.”

Van Morrison

Come Here My Love
Song lyrics, Veedon Fleece (1974)

Love , Time , Flying

“I look at the side of your face as the sunlight comes
Streaming through the window in the autumn sunshine
And all the time going to Coney Island I'm thinking,
Wouldn't it be great if it was like this all the time.”

Van Morrison

Coney Island
Song lyrics, Avalon Sunset (1989)

Autumn , Thinking , Time

“The odd time something happens and you go into some kind of enchantment (on stage). But you have to work very hard to get that. Most of the time you're just playing and singing the songs, and there's no guarantee that you are going to get anywhere….”

Van Morrison

As quoted in Can You Feel the Silence? Van Morrison: A New Biography (2003) by Clinton Heylin

Singing , Time

“I can hear her heart beat from a thousand miles
And the heavens open every time she smiles
And when I come to her that's where I belong
Yet I'm running to her like a river's song.”

Van Morrison

Crazy Love
Song lyrics, Moondance (1970)

Smile , Time , Heart

“I forgot that love existed, troubled in my mind.
Heartache after heartache, worried all the time.
I forgot that love existed
Then I saw the light
Everyone around me make everything alright.”

Van Morrison

I Forgot That Love Existed
Song lyrics, Poetic Champions Compose (1987)

Love , Light , Time

“And this time I forget to slip into your slumber
The light is on the left side of your head
And I'm standing in your doorway
And I'm mumbling and I can't remember the last thing that ran through my head”

Van Morrison

Ballerina
Song lyrics, Astral Weeks (1969)

Light , Time , Forgetting

“Rave on, down through the industrial revolution
Empiricism, atomic and nuclear age
Rave on down through time and space down through the corridors
Rave on words on printed page.”

Van Morrison

Rave On, John Donne
Song lyrics, Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (1983)

Age , Time

“Like I say, the way I write songs is, you know, inspirational. I have to wait for it to happen. And when it happens I get lines, and I just write them down, you know. I'm not sort of a Tin Pan Alley sort of songwriter. I just sort of write down what I get - without censoring or questioning what it is and what it means, you know. Like later on I look at what it means, but not at the time.”

Van Morrison

"Nights in Copenhagen with Van Morrison" (1985) interview by Al Jones

Way , Question , Time , Waiting