Looking
at the water's edge,
thinking of the year gone by
Look at my face, see the childhood
that's no longer there went to Sydney
and I never got to say goodbye.
write him letters when I can.
Buttons first on suburbs
an d we all moved into the city.
Collapsing tin over our heads
and frozen chips for dinner.
We danced on Sunday mornings.
We stubbed our toes on
Broken ashtrays, winter came,
the three of us were
freezing there
An d then the rain fell
down into the sea
And she baptized
me in all her dreams
And as she held me there,
I was so free
For one year of my life
We never meant to hurt nobody
We never meant to change
It seems that our discover ies
We cast them off like
second skin
The guilt stung in our wounds
And they tried to tear them open
Clumsy hands,
they couldn't stop us healing soon
And then the rain fell down
into the sea
And she baptized
me in all her dreams
And when she held me there,
I was so free
For one year of my life
You know I wonder why they hate
me from so far away
You know, I wonder if they'll talk
to me on Judgment Day
You know,
I wonder if they'll take my hands
I wonder if they'll scream,
Lord, we were happy
Drinking, smoking,
we'd sit and watch the rain fall down
Into the sea
And she baptized
me in all her dreams
And as she held me there,
I was so free
For one year of my life
And the rain fell down into the sea
And she baptized
me in all her dreams
And if she held me then I was so free
For one day of my life