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Thread #14503 Message #2788875
Posted By: GUEST,MARTIN FUREY
15-Dec-09 - 11:48 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Grandmother's Eyes (Martin Furey)
Subject: CORRECT GRANDMOTHERS EYES LYRICS last one wrong!
GRANDMOTHERS EYES (Martin Furey)
My Grandmother called dressed in rosary beads and a black braided shawl that she wears My brother and sister are leaving today its an American wake affair Standing beside me she smiles at her ease, keeping my sister calm With one last embrace for my brother she presses a silver coin in his palm
"oh Lord!" she says "it couldn't be" says she "couldn't stop?" says she "couldn't see" says she couldn't walk " says she "couldn't talk" says she couldn' talk to me, no more Down, down upon her knees she is praying to the God who she believes Can help them on their way,they are leaving They are gone(5 times)
To England or to Canada or to Australia,or to America
My Grandmother's Eyes have seen 82 years and she's seen all this before My Grandmother's skin's become wrinkled n old and she has stood many times outside this door She saw her father leave, she saw her brothers leave, She saw a lover leave her Hr daughters, her children and no she sees me I am gone(5 times) To England or to Canada or to Australia Or to America
They have(or we have) gone to a land where a tall man can stand, where the gold in his hand is his own
To England, or to Canada, or to Australia, or to America