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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
This Mortal Coil
Performer
Alison Limerick
Vocals
Ivo Watts-russell
Performer
Jon Turner
Keyboards
Simon Raymonde
Piano
Gini Ball
Violin
Martin McCarrick
Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Judy Collins
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Fryer
Engineer
Jon Turner
Engineer
Lyrics
My father always promised me
That we would live in France
We'd go boating on the Seine
And I would learn to dance
We lived in Ohio then
He worked in the mines
On his dreams like boats we knew
We'd sail in time
My sisters all grew up went away
To Denver and Cheyenne
Marrying their grownup dreams
The lilacs and the man
I stayed behind the youngest still
Only danced alone
Hopingg, hoping that my father's dreams
Would someday take me home
I live in Paris now
My children dance and dream
Hearing the ways of a miner's life
In words they've never seen
I sail my memories of home
Like boats across the Seine
And watch my father's eyes
Watching the setting sun
Set in my father's eyes again
Writer(s): Judy Collins
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