The Shadow in Derry
Songtext
The Shadow in Derry
[Verse] Left Derry's shores for coal and stone Promisin' you I'd send for home The mines were dark And time was slow But dreams of you kept my heart aglow [Verse 2] Letters faded in the sun Hope we’d reunite once my work was done Labored hands and weary eyes Still saw your face 'neath the endless skies [Chorus] Oh Shadows in Derry Remember my pain I called her name through wind and rain To find she's gone like morning dew In the storm of fate I lost you [Verse 3] Returned with pockets lined in dust Beneath the weeping willows' trust Neighbors spoke in hushed lament Said she lay where death had sent [Verse 4] The church bells tolled A haunting sound By the old oak tree She's in the ground Kissed the earth where you now repose Loneliness My heart exposed [Chorus] Oh Shadows in Derry Remember my pain I called her name through wind and rain To find she's gone like morning dew In the storm of fate I lost you