Country Down
Oh country downWhere I found my proving groundAll along the floodlineWheels are turning aroundThe hills roll out like centuriesPass by without a soundJust a mile outside of town
Down-river boundWhere the lemon-tea-sky fell downA plot against your willIs furrowed into your browAgainst your better judgmentIt's all behind you nowJust a mile outside of town
What's the useOf being found?You can lose yourselfIn some good groundIn the weeds hidingDown the river right next doorThere's no frame around your pictureJust a view through my back door
Time evermoreYou just found what you're looking forA tiger roseGrowing through your prison doorReaching for sunlightCan't see it anymoreJust a mile from my back door
You could wake up on a lifeboat 'neath the sunOn a ladder up to the skyYou're standing on the lowest rungHolding a lifelineUsing my best defenseRunning in the undertowI couldn't fight against
Oh lay me downWhere we found my proving groundAll along the floodlineWaves are turning aroundThe hills roll out like centuriesPass by without a soundJust a mile outside of town