Nanny's Farewell
My Friend Chocolate Cake
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Flint-eyed nanny with her old white face
One old hand in her pocket keeping warm
Her ears all shrivelled, hide beneath her scarf
She's waving goodbye to me
For I'm gone (I'm gone)
I'm gonna cross the sea
Away (Away)
From family
There's one tear dripping but the other's staying proud
She shakes her crooked finger as she tells the last words
They'll always listen to the stories that the old moon folk tell
And stories the wind must keep passing on
For I'm gone (I'm gone)
I'm gonna cross the sea
Away (Away)
From family
And she grabs my elbow, we dance out loud
She looks my face, she's all right
And she smiles into my eyes
We both start singing, we both sing bad
She's singing goodbye to me
For I'm gone (I'm gone)
I'm gonna cross the sea
Away (Away)
From family
She says, "Now don't expect me to be here if you return
My money's getting leaky and my bunions are getting sore
Now keep on searching 'til you can't search no more"
She turns her back on me
For I'm gone (I'm gone)
I'm gonna cross the sea
Away (Away)
From family
For I'm gone (I'm gone)
I'm gonna cross the sea
Away (Away)
From family