a little short of a hundred winters,
weigh heavy upon her back and shoulders,
like the load that she carries on her final road of days
her eyes have seen, many years and season, coming slowly,
to a close, as the night approaches, now she just has her soul,
in prayer to save
look at the stars, look at the sun, how the years go down like summer rain, when you're havin' fun
living it up in the night like a shooting star, now the tide is slowly turning, tomorrow i might be flying to the moon
in her fragile fingers she holds some flowers, fresh, from the mornin' dew an' every day she spends some hours
in memories beside her husband's tomb
each mornin' makes her day a little shorter,
an' the road to the graveyard longer, to her agin’ bones
that her waning strength betray
look at the stars, look at the sun (look at the sun), how the years go down like summer rain, when you're havin' fun
living it up in the night like a shooting star, now the tide is slowly turning, tomorrow i might be flying to the moon
oh how the years go down with laughter and with tears of joy and pain, now the seasons change, tide will turn
and the infant spring will melt this snow away
look at the stars, look at the sun (look at the sun), how the years go down like summer rain, when you're havin' fun
living it up in the night like a shooting star, now the tide is slowly turning, tomorrow i might be flying to the moon
credits
from COME SEE CONQUER,
released May 3, 2013
Ajay Mathur: Song, Vocals, Guitars / Fausto Medici: Drums, Percussion / Richard Hugener: Bass / Richard Koechli: Dobro, Mandolin / Steve Birrer: Pedal Steel
Ajay Mathur is a Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and a citizen of the world. Born and raised in India and residing in
Switzerland, Ajay Mathur’s talent as a singer-songwriter and seasoned musician blends both pop and rock genres with Americana and traditional Indian instruments into something radically new and genre-bending....more
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