Song | Fifty Miles Downriver |
Artist | Tom McRae |
Album | Sad Songs For The Left Hand Alone |
[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 |