"Heron Song" lyrics
"Heron Song"
And once I walked a million miles
All the way to Yugoslavia
And I carried you all of the way
For where I was then there you are
As the sun rose o'er the curb stones
By the road where I'd been sleeping
Them night-long trucks, as they roared by
They could not drown my weeping
And it was me, and I alone
Who looked toward the far horizon
And I saw King Heron
On his dead tree throne
And I knew not which to keep my mind on
Now I cannot speak for everyone
For they got their reasons
All on this road
But, Heron, would that I had your wings
For then I'd know where I would go
For then I'd know where I would go
Writer(s): Ralph McTell
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- Ralph McTell Lyrics
album:
"Streets..." (1975)
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