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Ashes on the Sea
Utah Phillips
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What is this tune I hear repeating
Sprung from the callous seed you've sown?
Our songs will come and go like seasons
And bloom or fade all on their own
Now I know I will not find you
You're gone from all but memory
For I am told that one who loves you
Has strewn your ashes on the sea
I stepped outside for just a moment
To turn around and look on my own face
Who was that shadow just behind me
That old man I reach out to embrace?
Now I know I will not find you
You're gone from all but memory
For I am told that one who loves you
Has strewn your ashes on the sea
It's one thing to look upon a picture
Another still to read the pages through
Perhaps to search along the wayside
Hoping I might find a trace of you
Now I know I will not find you
You're gone from all but memory
For I am told that one who loves you
Has strewn your ashes on the sea
Your dust cloud still drifts across the footprints
Best friend still standing there alone
Your boxcars still keep the lovers parted
Your little boys still run away from home
Now I know I will not find you
You're gone from all but memory
For I am told that one who loves you
Has strewn your ashes on the sea
What is this tune you hear repeating
Sprung from the callous seeds I've sown?
Our songs will come and go like seasons
And bloom or fade all on their own
Now I know I will not find you
You're gone from all but memory
For I am told that one who loves you
Has strewn your ashes on the sea