Heron Song lyrics

Song information

Artist: Ralph Mctell
Album: Streets Of London

Lyrics

And once I walked a million miles
All the way to yugoslavia
And I carried you all of the way
For where I was then there you are

As the sun rose o'er the curb stones
By the road where I'd been sleeping
Them night-long trucks, as they roared by
They could not drown my weeping

And it was me, and I alone
Who looked toward the far horizon
And I saw king heron
On his dead tree throne
And I knew not which to keep my mind on

Now I cannot speak for everyone
For they got their reasons
All on this road
But, heron, would that I had your wings
For then I'd know where I would go
For then I'd know where I would go