No Hurry
copyright 1999 by Michelle Dockrey

     Am                                G
The horses' hooves on pavement make a lonely echoing sound
        Am                                    E               D
I look down between the wheels and watch the slowly passing ground
           F                                           G
While the swaying of the wagon makes me drowsy in the heat
   C                                 F       G       C
I count the faded yellow lines that pass beneath my feet

(Chorus:)
    C         G
No hurry, no hurry now
  C                  F         G
Watch the sky for a moment or two
No hurry, no hurry now
You take your time when it's all you can do
No hurry, no hurry now
From town to town, what's another lost day?
No hurry, no hurry now
    C                 G        C
Wherever it is, it's far and away

We crest the hill and see the crumbling towers by the shore
Pass the signpost for a bridge that isn't standing anymore
Grandma saw this city grand and busy as a girl
Now the rovers see just a market town, and the homebound, 
   their whole world

(chorus)

We pitch camp by the roadside and the children play and run
Gather wildflowers and blackberries and watch the setting sun
Though our labor is of burden beasts, our freedom is of men
For it doesn't matter where we go, and it doesn't matter when

(chorus)

Papa says it's best this way, and it's all the life I've known
Still I wonder what it's like to call the Raven's speed your own
To hear the voice of a distant friend and see a distant face
But you can't pick roadside blackberries if you move at 
   such a pace

(chorus)