Stepping Stones-Dougie MacLean

[ti:Stepping Stones] [ar:Dougie MacLean] [al:With Strings] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.43]Stepping Stones - Dougie MacLean [00:01.65]Written by：Douglas Menzies MacLean [00:02.80] [00:16.32]So much time has gone [00:19.36] [00:21.76]Since we worked out in these open fields [00:26.43] [00:28.68]With the hopes of generations pulled [00:32.50]Around us [00:35.03] [00:37.75]And a strength revealed [00:40.33] [00:43.57]And so much has been done [00:46.55] [00:49.01]Since we ran around the snaigow wood [00:53.62] [00:55.77]And never knowing where our gentle lights [00:59.54]Might lead us [01:02.44] [01:04.83]Or if indeed they could [01:07.88] [01:10.03]And we do not stand alone [01:12.81] [01:13.46]I know we stand [01:15.17] [01:15.77]With all the others out in the deep unknown [01:19.57] [01:20.69]I know we stand [01:22.96]Upon their stepping stones [01:25.75] [01:32.68]Sure and simple souls [01:35.77] [01:38.32]Guarded round us as we worldly grew [01:42.52] [01:44.79]With nothing greater than what working days [01:48.85]Might show them [01:51.39] [01:53.94]They gave us all they knew [01:56.63] [01:59.92]And though their dreams were small [02:03.35] [02:05.32]Oh their true and rural hearts were strong [02:10.14] [02:12.02]And with an honest smile that burns from somewhere distant [02:18.52] [02:21.19]They helped us all along [02:23.88] [02:26.27]And we do not stand alone [02:29.87]I know we stand [02:31.49] [02:32.11]With all the others out in the deep unknown [02:36.44] [02:37.11]I know we stand [02:39.19]Upon their stepping stones [02:42.15] [02:56.24]And in these silent hours [02:59.39] [03:01.62]When reflection lays our journey down [03:06.11] [03:08.39]And we think on all departed conversations [03:14.66] [03:17.54]It's such an earthly sound [03:19.93] [03:23.52]So much time has gone [03:26.29] [03:28.81]Since we worked out in these open fields [03:33.62] [03:35.64]With the hopes of generations pulled [03:39.60]Around us [03:42.27] [03:44.88]And a strength revealed [03:47.25] [03:49.87]And we do not stand alone [03:52.69] [03:53.44]I know we stand [03:55.54]With all the others out in the deep unknown [03:59.35] [04:00.67]I know we stand [04:02.74]With all the others out in the deep unknown [04:06.67] [04:08.04]I know we stand [04:10.08]With all the others out in the deep unknown [04:13.94] [04:15.32]I know we stand [04:17.40]Upon their stepping stones