Rain drenched sparrow, how do you fly like that?
Fly like you'll never come down
Rain drenched sparrow, sing me to Halifax
Sing me to Queen Charlotte Sound
Sing like the rain coming down
Yonge Street, late night
I was in full flight
Making my way to the door
You were off to the bar for one more
The Irish goodbye, the final hello
I heard that your comeback is going on the road
Rain drenched sparrow, how do you fly like that?
Fly like you'll never come down
Rain drenched sparrow, sing me to Halifax
Sing me to Queen Charlotte Sound
Sing like the rain coming down
Sheltered by canopies
Ember-red maple trees
Sail on to open skies
Seek refuge in flight
With people like me, who worship you so
Who light up the sky where you go
It moves through my gait
That cadence of struggle
That will to go on
Like fog at dawn
It stirs memories, of failure and hope
Of wondering if I'll ever get home
A sage, a sailor
A Thunder Bay pier poet
Driftwood on the shore
He curses in rhythm
Drinking in rhymes
A sage, a sailor, a merchant of lore
Rain drenched sparrow, how do you fly like that?
Fly like you'll never come down
Rain drenched sparrow, sing me to Halifax
Sing me to Queen Charlotte Sound
Sing like the rain coming down
