st Fret
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
And 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
And only danced alone
The colours of my father's dreams
Faded without a sound
And now I live in Paris
And my children dance and dream
Hearing the story of a miner's life
In words they've never seen
I sailed my memories of old
Like boats across the Seine
And I watched the Paris sun
Set in my father's eyes again
My father always promised us