So many stories you held close to hand,
of a childhood on Irish soil, of working the land.
Catching rabbits for you to eat and talk of old currency,
in time we weren't born to see.
And my mind returns to all those summer days,
staying at your house, misunderstanding a mumbled phrase.
Two pounds from the kitchen jar, bus rides into town and our
picking names of racing horses.
I hope they're racing horses for you.
Willow, green willow,
as your branches hang low,
you seem to be sighing for the sadness, I know.
I'll love her forever, until the day that I die,
until the green willow looks up to the sky.
We grew older, but our love for you stayed much the same,
a little less time, but we treasured the days
you had the whisky poured as we were through the door, betting on your racing horses,
I missed the chance to ask you more.
It hasn't been long since I helped carry you to rest,
through an ocean of faces of the ones who loved you best.
White lilies on a wooden sky, a bidding prayer and a tear in eye,
and hearing you sing one last time.
Willow, green willow,
as your branches hang low,
you seem to be sighing for the sadness, I know.
I'll love her forever, until the day that I die,
until the green willow looks up to the sky.
credits
from Chlorine,
released April 11, 2020
Nicholas: Piano and Vocals
Michael: Vocals
Produced by Olli Daffarn & Nicholas
Recorded at Blue Dot Studio
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