ASHES ON THE SEA by Utah Phillips

What is this tune I hear repeating
Sprung from the careless seed you've sown
Our songs will come and go like seasons
And bloom or fade all on their own.
refrain
Now, I know I will not find you
You'r gone from all but memory
For I am told that one who loves you
Has strewn your ashes on the sea.

I stepped outside for just a moment
To turn around and look on my own face
Who was that shadow just behind me
That old man I reach out to embrace

repeat refrain

It's one thing to look upon a picture
Another still to read the pages through
Perhaps to search along the wayside
Hoping I might find a trace of you.

re. ref.

Your dust cloud still drifts across the foot prints
Your best friend still standing there alone
You boxcars still keep the lovers parted
Your little boys still run away from home.

rep. ref.

What is this tune you hear repeating
Sprung from the careless seed I've sown
Our songs will come and go like seasons
And bloom or fade all on their own

repeat refrain ^^^