A Timeless Place (Winstone)

'The Peacocks' is a jazz instrumental written by pianist Jimmy Rowles. It was first recorded in 1975 by him and Stan Getz for release on Columbia album 'The Peacocks'.

Lyrics were added much later by Norma WINSTONE as 'A Timeless Place':

The window, looked out onto a pattern never-ending
A flower and trees and little pathways far descending
To the garden far below us, the pavilions in the sunlight
Where the peacocks proudly grace the scene.

A vision, a timeless place, another way of living
You moved in so close I really thought that you were giving
I allowed myself a moment to believe that you could need me
To reflect upon what might have been.

The summer sky, I saw reflected in the colour of your eyes
But somehow I could never peel away the layers of disguise
I'm drowning now, I'm slowly sinking in a sea of blue and green
Where what you are is never seen, how can anybody know you?

I still hear, the ringing of the church bell in the morning
The peacocks still callin' out their sad and bitter warning
[Take a final look around you, hold the memory forever,
Find a quiet place inside where you can listen to the things your heart is saying]

Beauty's only an illusion, here your truth is an intrusion,
A mirage is all it's ever been.

Recordings exist by Norma Winstone w/ Jimmy Rowles (1993), Jeri Brown, Tina May w/ Nikki Iles, Tierney Sutton, Mark Murphy, Kendra Shank, Anne Ducros, Swingle Singers, Kris Adams, Charito, Esmeralda Ferrara, Tessa Souter, Alexis Cole, Miranda Sage, Carolina Moon, Ann Malcolm, Jamie Broumas, Daniela D'Ercole, Mary Stallings, Praline & Fast Food, Whitney James, Yuriko Kodama w/ Phillip Strange, Panayota Haloulakou w/ Lefteris Kordis, Airmen of Note ft Paige Wroble, Sinne Eeg, Akiko Uesugi, Oksana Ferenchuk, Deborah Brown, Nancy Reed w/ David Liebman, Carole Turcotte, Gloria Trapani Quartet ft Davide di Pasquale, Laura Perrudin, Giorgia Sallustio, etc.