with a shrug of her shoulders
the mountain came down
tore a path all the way to the water
through my sleeping town
And the trails i'd wandered
on a race to the birth
of the million year old rock
from the naked gasping earth
oh my children where you gonna go
now you lost the land you called your home
when the earth is burning fever on her brow
crying oh my children who will save you now
Interlude
now the winters hit harder
the summers are fire
and the rains are the tears of a mother
for a rebellious reckless child
still the spring brings clover
amid the blackened oaks
sprays some fledgling branches
and the wild flowers below
oh my children where you gonna go
now you lost the land you called your home
when the earth is burning fever on her brow
crying oh my children who will save you now
farewell the family of the hollis seeds
farewell the fragile air the sea the land
five times before she seen the rise and fall again
but never by their own hand
never by their own
N.C.
chaos was my lover
fate is my bride
we will meet at the edge of the ocean
and the ever rising tide
oh my children where you gonna go
now you lost the land you called your home
when the earth is burning fever on her brow
crying oh my children who will save you now
when the earth is burning fever on her brow
crying oh my children who will save you now