My Father -This Mortal Coil My father always promised us That we would live in france Wed go boating on the seine And I would learn to dance We lived in ohio then He worked in the mines On his dreams like boats We knew we would sail in time All my sisters soon were gone To denver and cheyenne Marrying their grownup dreams The lilacs and the man I stayed behind the youngest still Only danced alone The colors of my fathers dreams Faded without a sound And I live in paris now My children dance and dream Hearing the ways of a miners life In words theyve never seen I sail my memories of home Like boats across the seine And watch the paris sun As it sets in my fathers eyes again
[00:01.600]My Father -This Mortal Coil [00:51.350]My father always promised us [01:00.80]That we would live in france [01:09.500]Wed go boating on the seine [01:19.110]And I would learn to dance [01:28.840]We lived in ohio then [01:37.400]He worked in the mines [01:47.940]On his dreams like boats [01:53.120]We knew we would sail in time [02:17.770]All my sisters soon were gone [02:26.700]To denver and cheyenne [02:35.770]Marrying their grownup dreams [02:45.940]The lilacs and the man [02:54.980]I stayed behind the youngest still [03:03.720]Only danced alone [03:12.830]The colors of my fathers dreams [03:21.570]Faded without a sound [04:03.172]And I live in paris now [04:12.152]My children dance and dream [04:21.452]Hearing the ways of a miners life [04:31.432]In words theyve never seen [04:40.982]I sail my memories of home [04:49.342]Like boats across the seine [05:00.30]And watch the paris sun [05:15.10]As it sets in my fathers eyes again
