all the diamonds in this world that mean anything to me are conjured up by wind and sunlight sparkling on the sea i ran aground in a harbour town lost the taste for being free thank God He sent some gull-chased ship to carry me to sea two thousand years and half a world away dying trees still grow greener when you pray silver scales flash bright and fade in reeds along the shore like a pearl in sea of liquid jade His ship comes shining like a crystal swan in a sky of suns His ship comes shining.