I just recently stumbled onto this one. I couldn't find the lyrics online, so I transcribed them:
An answer an answer
evening falls
and a hard day’s work is done
everybody is home
and no one’s alone
only the clouds
midnight has fallen
and the world disappears
the clouds swirl around
in shades of serenity
only the clouds
the clouds are fading away
the stars are shining through
and the moon is yellow and gold
the sky lights up
and the bright light comes closer
everybody is home
and no one’s alone
only the clouds
6000 miles away
men are fighting
children are dying
and mothers are crying
and the light suspends in silence
the light changes its colors into bright greens and reds
and then it slowly fades away
it’s startling to know but in those UFOs
may lie the answer to man’s ability alone
an answer an answer an answer…
This is a sweet little poetic tune about alien observers. Only the clouds...everybody is home but they aren't alone. There are colors, stars, clouds that fade. The story feels fairly Muncie, Indiana, pastoral and calm until it gets to the fighting taking place 6000 miles away. I know...we all wish the aliens would finally decide that now is the right time to step in and be the answer, but I guess they just don't like us.
There is no particular verse-chorus pattern, just a very simple and somewhat random arrangement of Em, G and D, with one C thrown in and an A in the an answer bits. Ben sings this with an innocent charm and wonder. He also has some Elvis vibrato in his voice; you can hear it especially at 1:13, the bright light comes closerrrr.
The album is called Ben Bogaardt despite there being three other Bogaardts contributing, one of whom is also a vocalist. Their family story is interesting, here's a nice bit about them from the Canadian Music Museum.
Ben, is this the UFO you saw?
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