Nick said that he thought this was his best song. I think that is because it is so special to him. He wrote it on the day his mother died. He said that it came into his head in one go as he was driving home.

It is a beautiful song with lilting melody.

I couldn’t find a brilliant version of it but this is OK.

The Verse Time Forgot – Nick Harper

fitting for her so
i’ll visit her here where the bells never toll
in a place that is no place
in an age that has no clock
where the years wont touch her face
my beautiful girl
in the verse time forgot

and my friends are all here laughing
in strangely familiar scenes
they pour onto the page
like happy babbling streams

but there set in the middle
she glitters like gold cannot
my beautiful girl
in the verse time forgot

there’s a circle around her
one family
they trickle round my heart
like happy babbling streams

and at last i meet myself
a boy at play
we pick ourselves out a perfect spot
but i must be going
though I’d love to stay
with the good hearted boy
in the verse time forgot

and he’ll stay here playing in my song
the funny little boy
still in love
loving her
forever