Like the ripples run away from a stone tossed in the water And never flow back to that point again Our lives once intersected for the fraction of a moment And blew apart like petals in the wind And all the times I tried to make a difference What was it worth? What was it worth? Oh watch the ripples flow On and on they go Reaching out for somewhere I don't know Watch the ripples flow On and on and on and on they go There's an old unsettled feeling keeps on hanging round my doorstep I question everything I thought I knew And all the waking dreams and all the passing strangers' faces Are images reminding me of you And of all the times I thought I made a difference What was it worth? What was it worth? Oh watch the ripples flow On and on they go Reaching out for somewhere I don't know Watch the ripples flow On and on they go Watch the ripples flow On and on and on and on they go Watch the ripples flow On and on and on and on they go