Fifty Miles Downriver-Tom McRae

[00:16.45]The snakeskin bracelet on your wrist always came undone [00:25.94]And it’s strange the little things the mind remembers [00:30.28]When the big things in love have gone [00:34.31] [00:45.15]And all motion it seems is a relative thing [00:49.91]But I can’t tell who’s further from whom [00:54.92]Sometimes I think I’m flying into the distance [01:00.03]Sometimes I think it’s you [01:04.73]And fifteen miles downriver [01:09.25]Fifteen miles downriver I’ll find the truth [01:15.36] [01:23.50]Outside the waitress smokes a cigarette [01:27.96]For a minute she feels free [01:32.75]But the river pays no mind, indifferent to time [01:37.54]Puts distance ‘tween me and you [01:42.45]And I’ve swum against tide [01:44.39]And been breathless all my life [01:47.30]Now I’m drifting free [01:52.13]And it’s time I realised a man can’t fight the tide [01:57.07]And the moon has more influence than me [02:02.10]And fifteen miles downriver [02:06.69]Fifteen miles downriver’s where I wanna be [02:13.59] [02:20.70]The final conversation is ringing in my ears [02:25.74]Like the dying chords of a song [02:30.57]And in a pillar of fire thought I saw your face [02:35.16]It’s just a lightning storm [02:40.18]And the lights of these towns fade up and fade down [02:44.83]And they all look the same from here [02:49.54]So I’m digging my nails into the palm of my hand [02:54.37]Not gonna show you my tears [02:59.27]‘Cause fifteen miles downriver [03:04.10]Fifteen miles downriver that rain’ll clear [03:10.05] [03:27.64]The walls of the harbour have fallen behind [03:32.39]That river proved to short [03:37.24]And fifteen miles was never that far [03:41.92]Now a thousand don’t seem much [03:46.98]So I threw away the map and now I’m sailing by the stars [03:51.72]But the stars can be liars too [03:56.40]So I raise my flag and sit back down [04:01.32]Let the wind blow where it will [04:06.10]Cause a thousand miles of ocean’s calling me [04:15.77]Yeah a thousand miles of ocean’s where I’ll find peace [04:25.07]I’ve crossed a thousand miles of ocean [04:31.15]Is that a river I see