Lyrics

The violets have faded
There’s a quiet in the air
From the dieback, Ash are waning
And the tree’s are growing bare
There’s no pride in staying
My time is drawing near

I’m leaving here at first light
With the shirt upon my back
Oh, I’m so tired of waiting
You don’t know just how lonely I can get
So tell my Ma’ don’t despair
I’ll go where the winds are fair

Cause’ I won’t give up till I hear you hail on the wind my love
And we sing the song of the dove, I won’t give up

Your voice somehow has stayed with me
It plays just like a melody on a string
Said your Pa’ had found some work up North
Where the lowlands still need miners on the rigs
They say we’ll soon reach a day when
There won’t be a damn thing left

Even sold my old guitar for change
The rosewood that I had carved within your name
The next day I saw the store display
The price was more than double what they paid
But forward I must go
Before the winter snow

So I won’t give up till I hear you hail on the wind my love
And we sing the song of the dove, I won’t give up
When the dawn breaks till the fall of dusk
I’ll take to the sky above there is only us

From the Cape Horn to the Bay of Bengal
I’ll break hail and storm my fate is stark
Make haste for to find you and undo
The tie that binds my heart