Tonalité : B minor
Verse 1
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When
I found dry land,
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I was already old and well past my prime
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I drifted so long away from home
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Father, I could not recognize
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I could tell by his hat it was him all right
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As he shuffled down to the dock
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A smile had I, proud like a child
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I held him with all of my mind
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He said, under His breath,
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Son, you are motherless
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She went out last March
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Her fading words before destiny
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Were, I loved Him from afar
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An d He held me home
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to where I was born
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And he laid me down in my bed
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I lay motionless, my grief not shy
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My guilt larger than life
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He was seventy -three
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on a very good day
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As he struggled to catch his breath
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From years of smoke
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his teeth were yellow
Verse 2
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and living His one last lay.
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Verse 3
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So I told Him then of the thing
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s I had learned
Verse 4
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from the sea, the time, and Him.
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And I told Him, too, that forgiveness came
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with a cold
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and sober wind.
Verse 7
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I came home to care for them,
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before me my father was
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He held those tears for forty years,
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not even my mother was blessed
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He loved her so and now alone
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could find no reason on
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His work was done and proud was he,
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too proud to carry on
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He asked for help
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only a son could give
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It was not I to refuse
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He knew a place that was swift
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And indeed where His last love was true
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So I walked with Him, we arm in arm
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He told me of their years
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And how I broke my own mother's heart
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That He could never mend
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So I helped Him down
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Very steep bank
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Down to mercy's edge
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He made me swear
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To the lock of my hair
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to meet St. Peter there.
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So off he went, no tears shed he,
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and I wept like a child.
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I sang him verse, amazing grace,
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till not him saw I.
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So full was I of misery,
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I stumbled into the deep
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My God, my mother, my father's soul,
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and mine will you keep
When I found dry land,
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I was already old and well pas t my prime
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