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Thompson

from Bicycle by NO MOTHERS

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I watched as the waters receded
But they won't soon be gone from my dreams
And the echoes of waves still are crashing
Through the dusty and wind-bitten leaves

Each dry river still points to the ocean
And every desert remembers the sea.
And I still hear that surf in the nighttime
When there's no one asleep beside me


Chorus:
I will carry my heart to the Thompson again
I will pour out my song where the North and South meet
But will I never be free? Will I never be free
From this heartache that's following me?

When I feel that my step's growing heaving
And the the city's a thorn in my side
I turn my thoughts upward and inward
To where the black bear and juniper hide

What will we tell to our children
And what will become of the sea?
And where will we keep all our memories
And the pieces of what used to be?

Chorus

The rain found me up on the hilltops
Where the moon hides her face in the pines
And the fossils of fish still wait, dreaming
of the distant return of the tide

And the rain chased me down from the mountains
Through the sagebrush and pine-beetle trees
And it followed me all 'long the Thompson
To where the Fraser pours into the sea.

And the ocean was gray! Yes, the ocean was gray!
Could it carry my song far away?
Could it carry it far, far away?

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from Bicycle, released November 4, 2014
Lyrics by John Kastelic

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No Mothers changed its name to Salt Thief in 2018.

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