Looking for the Rainbow Lyrics

I've sailed a lifetime on these oceans

With full sheets, running 'fore the storms

Between the wind and waves' commotion, I was born

And as the farmer tends his acres

I plow these waters as I go

My harvest lies beneath the breakers, far below

And you can find me at the rim of the tempest

Wherever winds of change may blow

Reaching onward to the edge of the darkness

And looking for the rainbow

Each passing season leaves us graying

Our face has lost the subtle hues

Another blossom falls, decaying, from our view

Too many eyes have narrow vision

Too many hearts love black and white

The rose is crushed by blind ambition in the night

And you can find me at the rim of the tempest

Wherever winds of change may blow

Reaching onward to the edge of the darkness

And looking for the rainbow

We've seen it blooming over centuries, as empires rise and fade

We've chased the rainbow with a frenzy - an endless fools' parade

Now as the colors pale before us, the secret can be told

The treasure lies within the spectrum - there is no pot of gold

Arise you shepherds of creation

You are the masters of your fate

The bitter tide of desolation will not wait

The die is cast, you sons and daughters

The wind is high, the way is clear

And though your paths be land or water, I will hear

And I will find you at the rim of the tempest

Wherever winds of change may blow

Reaching onward to the edge of the darkness

And looking for the rainbow