“Look at the ivy on the cold clinging wall
Look at the flowers and the green grass so tall
It's not a matter of when push comes to shove
It's just an hour on the wings of a dove.”

—  Van Morrison

Warm Love
Song lyrics, Hard Nose the Highway (1973)

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