Oceans Away
I hung out with the old folksIn the hope that I'd get wiseI was trying to bridge the gapBetween the great divide
Hung on every recollectionIn the theater of their eyesPicking up on this and thatIn the few that still survived
[Chorus]Call 'em up, n' dust 'em off, let 'em shineThe ones who hold onto the the onesThey had to leave behindThose that flew and those that fellThe ones that had to stayBeneath a little wooden cross oceans away
They bend like trees in winterThese shuffling old grey lionsThose snow-white stars still gatherLike the belt around Orion
Just to touch the faded lightningOf their powerful designOf a generation gatheringFor maybe the last time
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Oceans awayWhere the green grass swaysAnd the cool wind blowsAcross the shadow of their graves.Shoulder to shoulder back in the daySleeping bones to rest in earth, oceans away
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