My Father

歌詞

Collins My father always promised us We would live in France We'd go sailing 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 father's dreams Faded without a sound. And now I live in Paris My children dance and dream Hearing the story of a miner's life In words they've never seen. I sail my memories of home Like boats across the Seine And I watch the Paris sun Set in my father's eyes again. My father always promised us We would live in France We'd go sailing on the Seine And I would learn to dance. La la la la ...