17 Hippies - Across Waters lyrics

rate me

Come in son, take off them boots,

Hang up your coat,

Pull up that chair to the stove, where it's warm.

Will you have coffee or tea

On this grey November morning... ?

Thank you for asking, I guess I'm ok,

Last night I woke up

With a dream that's been haunting me...

Over and over again I see faces

Turning away from the fire...

... that's burning the house

That my father was born in.

Down by the river,

Now covered in ice

That people are trying to cross,

Frantically hoping to save what is left

Of their lives.

Across the waters.

Across the cold dark waters.

Then all of a sudden the images change,

Far away hills roll away in the sun.

I feel the longing of spring...

There's me as a child.

Happily laughing goodbye to my father

Who is leaving to fight in some war

And the house seems to whisper: leave...

Across the waters...

So thank you for asking,

Yes I'm ok, this fire has burnt down low

But don't worry.

It has ceased to remind me

Of my home by the river...

I'm ready to leave.