The sea beneath the cliff Is the blue in my mother's eyes That came from the blue in her mother's eyes Thrown on down the line By our family who worked
All the back roads, all the highways Distance countries that I've passed through Every Path has lead me back to you Every Path has lead me back to you
Sun is dancin', my darlin' Arms been holding me all mornin' Sea is so far from home, my darlin' But if we'd only feet It is here that we'd roam O if
Can you blame the sky when a mama leaves her babies behind Can you blame the sky when a mama leaves her babies behind Can you blame the sea, O can you
Street-wise pigeon we see you Camp on the sidewalk if we don't Hear you anymore Where did you loose your voice And how did you loose the trees Did
I'll have you know I'll have you know That if I had one I'd play this on piano And if I had one of those I'd sit it on my knee and count to 1, 2, 3
There are things that I've seen in my head While I'm sleeping in bed Do not wither in the morning light I'm taken back O I'm taken back To the dry grass
Oh my Mama She gave me these feathered breaths Oh my Mama She told me use your voice, My little bird She said sing sing sing sing sing sing melodies
How do you How do you do How do you How do you do it Music make her stop pressing those strings firmly to my down Ground water is drying up to fill
The tops of crags and cliffs, the air is thin So we'll find a mountain path on down the hill Meet me where the snow mount flows It is there, my dear,
This crazy, crazy is caught in the forest And your parcel's in the sand A cuckoo wind's blowin' Those sparrows are crowin' And dancin' birds slow in the
Gold around those fingers shown Bound for to carry home Fond of the flattest field But you know there are bones buried deep down below Tatted Lace frail
While some folks row way up to heaven I'm gonna sing the pirate's gospel I'm gonna sow these feet for dancin' I'm gonna keep my eyes wide open Yo ho
That pole isn't growing in my black solid sky Solid sky And pirate ships pulled these shoulders back But in morning slumber I gripped the slender palm
Have you been wearing holes in your boots out there Have you been kicking bones in the desert sand There's a wolf inside the cave and another in the clouds
I've known mornings white as diamonds silent from a night so cold such a stillness calm as the owl glides our lives are buried in snow I was sifting
My tired feet My tired, tried feet My tired feet Oh my tired feet My tired feet brought me to that red boat So still and foreign waters And although
Oh I've been knocking on that door in my sleep Fight my fireplace glow I've been knocking on that door in my sleep Fight my fireplace glow to keep me
