Fifty Miles Downriver Lyrics

Song	Fifty Miles Downriver
Artist	Tom McRae
Album	Sad Songs For The Left Hand Alone
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[00:16.45]	The snakeskin bracelet on your wrist always came undone
[00:25.94]	And it’s strange the little things the mind remembers
[00:30.28]	When the big things in love have gone
[00:34.31]
[00:45.15]	And all motion it seems is a relative thing
[00:49.91]	But I can’t tell who’s further from whom
[00:54.92]	Sometimes I think I’m flying into the distance
[01:00.03]	Sometimes I think it’s you
[01:04.73]	And fifteen miles downriver
[01:09.25]	Fifteen miles downriver I’ll find the truth
[01:15.36]
[01:23.50]	Outside the waitress smokes a cigarette
[01:27.96]	For a minute she feels free
[01:32.75]	But the river pays no mind, indifferent to time
[01:37.54]	Puts distance ‘tween me and you
[01:42.45]	And I’ve swum against tide
[01:44.39]	And been breathless all my life
[01:47.30]	Now I’m drifting free
[01:52.13]	And it’s time I realised a man can’t fight the tide
[01:57.07]	And the moon has more influence than me
[02:02.10]	And fifteen miles downriver
[02:06.69]	Fifteen miles downriver’s where I wanna be
[02:13.59]
[02:20.70]	The final conversation is ringing in my ears
[02:25.74]	Like the dying chords of a song
[02:30.57]	And in a pillar of fire thought I saw your face
[02:35.16]	It’s just a lightning storm
[02:40.18]	And the lights of these towns fade up and fade down
[02:44.83]	And they all look the same from here
[02:49.54]	So I’m digging my nails into the palm of my hand
[02:54.37]	Not gonna show you my tears
[02:59.27]	‘Cause fifteen miles downriver
[03:04.10]	Fifteen miles downriver that rain’ll clear
[03:10.05]
[03:27.64]	The walls of the harbour have fallen behind
[03:32.39]	That river proved to short
[03:37.24]	And fifteen miles was never that far
[03:41.92]	Now a thousand don’t seem much
[03:46.98]	So I threw away the map and now I’m sailing by the stars
[03:51.72]	But the stars can be liars too
[03:56.40]	So I raise my flag and sit back down
[04:01.32]	Let the wind blow where it will
[04:06.10]	Cause a thousand miles of ocean’s calling me
[04:15.77]	Yeah a thousand miles of ocean’s where I’ll find peace
[04:25.07]	I’ve crossed a thousand miles of ocean
[04:31.15]	Is that a river I see

[00:16.45]	The snakeskin bracelet on your wrist always came undone
[00:25.94]	And it' s strange the little things the mind remembers
[00:30.28]	When the big things in love have gone
[00:34.31]
[00:45.15]	And all motion it seems is a relative thing
[00:49.91]	But I can' t tell who' s further from whom
[00:54.92]	Sometimes I think I' m flying into the distance
[01:00.03]	Sometimes I think it' s you
[01:04.73]	And fifteen miles downriver
[01:09.25]	Fifteen miles downriver I' ll find the truth
[01:15.36]
[01:23.50]	Outside the waitress smokes a cigarette
[01:27.96]	For a minute she feels free
[01:32.75]	But the river pays no mind, indifferent to time
[01:37.54]	Puts distance ' tween me and you
[01:42.45]	And I' ve swum against tide
[01:44.39]	And been breathless all my life
[01:47.30]	Now I' m drifting free
[01:52.13]	And it' s time I realised a man can' t fight the tide
[01:57.07]	And the moon has more influence than me
[02:02.10]	And fifteen miles downriver
[02:06.69]	Fifteen miles downriver' s where I wanna be
[02:13.59]
[02:20.70]	The final conversation is ringing in my ears
[02:25.74]	Like the dying chords of a song
[02:30.57]	And in a pillar of fire thought I saw your face
[02:35.16]	It' s just a lightning storm
[02:40.18]	And the lights of these towns fade up and fade down
[02:44.83]	And they all look the same from here
[02:49.54]	So I' m digging my nails into the palm of my hand
[02:54.37]	Not gonna show you my tears
[02:59.27]	' Cause fifteen miles downriver
[03:04.10]	Fifteen miles downriver that rain' ll clear
[03:10.05]
[03:27.64]	The walls of the harbour have fallen behind
[03:32.39]	That river proved to short
[03:37.24]	And fifteen miles was never that far
[03:41.92]	Now a thousand don' t seem much
[03:46.98]	So I threw away the map and now I' m sailing by the stars
[03:51.72]	But the stars can be liars too
[03:56.40]	So I raise my flag and sit back down
[04:01.32]	Let the wind blow where it will
[04:06.10]	Cause a thousand miles of ocean' s calling me
[04:15.77]	Yeah a thousand miles of ocean' s where I' ll find peace
[04:25.07]	I' ve crossed a thousand miles of ocean
[04:31.15]	Is that a river I see

[00:16.45]	The snakeskin bracelet on your wrist always came undone
[00:25.94]	And it' s strange the little things the mind remembers
[00:30.28]	When the big things in love have gone
[00:34.31]
[00:45.15]	And all motion it seems is a relative thing
[00:49.91]	But I can' t tell who' s further from whom
[00:54.92]	Sometimes I think I' m flying into the distance
[01:00.03]	Sometimes I think it' s you
[01:04.73]	And fifteen miles downriver
[01:09.25]	Fifteen miles downriver I' ll find the truth
[01:15.36]
[01:23.50]	Outside the waitress smokes a cigarette
[01:27.96]	For a minute she feels free
[01:32.75]	But the river pays no mind, indifferent to time
[01:37.54]	Puts distance ' tween me and you
[01:42.45]	And I' ve swum against tide
[01:44.39]	And been breathless all my life
[01:47.30]	Now I' m drifting free
[01:52.13]	And it' s time I realised a man can' t fight the tide
[01:57.07]	And the moon has more influence than me
[02:02.10]	And fifteen miles downriver
[02:06.69]	Fifteen miles downriver' s where I wanna be
[02:13.59]
[02:20.70]	The final conversation is ringing in my ears
[02:25.74]	Like the dying chords of a song
[02:30.57]	And in a pillar of fire thought I saw your face
[02:35.16]	It' s just a lightning storm
[02:40.18]	And the lights of these towns fade up and fade down
[02:44.83]	And they all look the same from here
[02:49.54]	So I' m digging my nails into the palm of my hand
[02:54.37]	Not gonna show you my tears
[02:59.27]	' Cause fifteen miles downriver
[03:04.10]	Fifteen miles downriver that rain' ll clear
[03:10.05]
[03:27.64]	The walls of the harbour have fallen behind
[03:32.39]	That river proved to short
[03:37.24]	And fifteen miles was never that far
[03:41.92]	Now a thousand don' t seem much
[03:46.98]	So I threw away the map and now I' m sailing by the stars
[03:51.72]	But the stars can be liars too
[03:56.40]	So I raise my flag and sit back down
[04:01.32]	Let the wind blow where it will
[04:06.10]	Cause a thousand miles of ocean' s calling me
[04:15.77]	Yeah a thousand miles of ocean' s where I' ll find peace
[04:25.07]	I' ve crossed a thousand miles of ocean
[04:31.15]	Is that a river I see

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