Demesduit Dream lyrics
Song information
Artist: Great Big Sea Album: Turn
Lyrics
(Written by bob hallett)
I dreamt I saw a woman standing by the strand Waiting for her people to come in from the land Waiting there for seven days, she built a fire in the sand Waiting for her people to come in from the land
She had the look of a refugee hiding in her eyes And when I tried to talk to her she answered with a cry And pointed to the water out beyond the harbour line Where a thousand ships lay waiting, they lay waiting for my sign
Chorus: I remember days of sunlight With my father by my side And the children, ran before us Like the foam upon the tide
We ran like frightened partridge, when the strangers came to talk Bringing sickness 'round them and the thunder in their walk We ran into the valleys and we ran into the hills The young ran before us driven by the strangers' will
Chorus
I'm waiting by the landwash with the giant standing near I see them coming always, the cchildren in their fear I'm waiting on my blanket and the giant waits with me And I will wait here always as they fill the endless sea
Chorus Repeat
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