On the way back home I took the crooked path up the hillside
In a faded photograph of kingdoms lost
In a mirror world long gone that never quite shook my reflection
Through the gap between the rowan and the briar
There's a clearing and some stones
Where you can sit a while in solitude
With views across the bay
You can feel the world in revolution
Oh Mother Brown, soon I'm coming home
There's an aching in my heart like I've never known
To dream another dream
I must confess, on the line between this world and the next
Lately I'll just sit and watch the sunset
Chase a sickle moon across the sky
Listen to the thunder of the ocean
Hear the breakers roaring through the night
These days have left me chilled to the core
There's a longing in my bones like a river for the shore
Twisting past the shadows of this life
Trying to keep my spirit on the rights
And Mother Brown, save a glass for me
And you know that you can count on my reciprocity
And you can tell me all the secrets that i missed
On the road to my absolution
Through the gap between the rowan and the briar
There's a clearing and some stones where you can sit a while
in solitude with views across the bay the rolling waves can carry me away
Maybe I'll just sit and watch the sunset
Chase a sickle moon across the sky
Listen to the thunder of the ocean!
Hear the breakers roaring through the night
