Tom McRae - 50 Miles Downriver lyrics

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The snakeskin bracelet on your wrist

always came undone

it's strange the little things

the mind remembers

when the big things in love have gone

and all emotion seems as a relative thing

but I can't tell who's furter from who

sometimes I think I'm flying into the distance

sometimes I think it's you

and 50 miles downriver

50 miles downriver I'll find the truth

Outside the waitress smokes a cigarette

for a minute she feels free

but the river pays no mind

in difference of time

puts distance between you and me

And I've swam against the tide

and been breathless all my life

now I'm drifting free

it's time I realize that man can't fight the tide

and the moon has more influence than me

and 50 miles downriver

50 miles downriver's where I wanna be

The final conversation is ringing in my ears

like the dying chords of a song

and in the pillar of fire I thought I saw your face

it's just a lightning storm

and the light of these towns they fade down

and they all look the same from here

and I'm digging my nails into the palm of my hand

not gonna show you my tears

'Cause 50 miles downriver

50 miles downriver that rain will clear

And the walls of the harbour fallen behind

that river proved too sure

and 50 miles was never that far

now a thousand don't seem much

So I threw away the map

and now I'm sailing by the stars

but stars can be liars too

so I raise my flag and sit back down

let the wind blow where it will

Cause a thoudand miles of ocean's calling me

yeah thousand miles of ocean's where I'll find peace

I've crossed a thousand miles of ocean

is that a river I see?