FollowMyTears

Follow My Tears - Eddi Reader

I was born in the shadow of the factory

I'd be working

For me and my brother

There was nowhere else to go

I married a local boy in 1947

His hands were rough but his eyes were kind

And I knew our love would grow

From my eyes to the river

From the river to the sea

From the sea to the drkening clouds

From the sky back down to me

Follow my tears

We sailed for New Zealand

I was carrying our second daughter

And there on the dockside

I never knew they were last goodbyes

The first time I saw Wellington

My heart would not stop racing

We had come halfway

Round the world to start our new lives

Now John was an engineer

He worked until the day he died

He left me wanting nothing

For thirty years this was our home

I am by myself now the children call me now and then

His hands were rough but his eyes were kind

And I knew our love would grow

From my eyes to the river

From the river to the sea

From the sea to the drkening clouds

From the sky back down to me

Follow my tears

Follow my tears