Shadows on the Wind

Janis Ian Shadows on the Wind Lyrics:
In the dreams of late I've seen another,
Someone I have never been.
All around me are the shapes
Of shadows on the wind.
Here's the ghost of what my mother wanted,
And the shade of father's dream.
They are gone and still I'm haunted,
The restless go-betweens.

Father this, mother this.
Yesterday's child begins
Life alone, missing home,
Orphaned by time I spend
Like shadows on the wind.

In my dreams of late I am a vagrant,
And I've never known a past.
All the memories I have
Are shadows on the grass.
What I see of me is unfamiliar,
Like some pearl without a shell.
Then the stranger in the mirror,
Someone I once knew well.

Father this, mother this.
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Yesterday's child begins
Life alone, missing home,
Orphaned by time I spend
Like shadows on the wind.

When I dream of love I dream my mother,
Anchored to the shifting sands.
When I dream of strength,
I dream My father's hand.
In my dreams of late are signs and wonders,
On the faces I have worn.
I can hear the distant thunder,
Of shadows being born.

Father this, mother this.
Yesterday's child begins
Life alone, missing home,
Orphaned by time I spend
Like shadows on the wind.

[Instrumental to end.]