(written by Bob Hallett)
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I dreamt I saw a woman standing by the strand,
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Waiting for her people to come in from the land.
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Waiting there for seven days, she built a fire in the sand
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Waiting for her people to come in from the land.
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She had the look of a refugee hiding in her eyes
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And when I tried to talk to her she answered with a cry
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And pointed to the water out beyond the harbour line
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Where a thousand ships lay waiting, they lay waiting for my sign.
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CHORUS:
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I remember days of sunlight
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With my father by my side
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And the children, ran before us
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Like the foam upon the tide
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We ran like frightened partridge, when the strangers came to talk
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Bringing sickness 'round them and the thunder in their walk
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We ran into the valleys and we ran into the hills
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The young ran before us driven by the strangers' will
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CHORUS
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I'm waiting by the landwash with the giant standing near
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I see them coming always, the cChildren in their fear
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I'm waiting on my blanket and the giant waits with me
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And I will wait here always as they fill the endless sea
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CHORUS
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repeat
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Demesduit Dream
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| Great Big Sea |
