Swann Song-Chris Pureka

[ti:Swann Song] [ar:Chris Pureka] [al:Dryland] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Swann Song - Chris Pureka [00:19.91]Yeah I could tell you lots of things [00:22.94] [00:24.75]I grew up on the bay [00:27.26] [00:29.36]I used to race my sisters up the fence-side [00:33.44]To Mr Medley's place [00:36.73] [00:39.06]Papa ran the general store [00:41.21]And mama did everything [00:42.89]And the waves and the waves and the sea [00:46.21] [00:48.45]Time brought me here like a fishing boat [00:52.12]At the whim of the Atlantic breeze [00:56.04] [00:57.14]It was a good life [00:59.13] [01:00.99]Yeah it was a good life [01:04.27] [01:05.84]I'd do it all again [01:09.54] [01:11.92]I joined the Navy Nurses Corp [01:20.23] [01:21.07]It was 1941 [01:24.51] [01:25.84]And I met my sailor in that fated harbor [01:30.67]In the days before the bombs came [01:34.80] [01:36.12]Hail Mary I made it home [01:39.84]'Til I was laughing as my ship went down [01:43.50] [01:45.42]Singing and bailing water right back [01:48.74]To the shores of San Francisco town [01:52.86] [01:54.33]It was a good life [01:56.58] [01:58.33]Yeah it was a good life [02:01.34] [02:03.12]I'd do it all again [02:06.56] [02:09.22]I was hitched out in Reno [02:16.32]I stayed at home [02:17.82]And he went out to sweep the mines [02:21.98] [02:23.80]I'll never forget the day [02:25.70]We heard it on the radio [02:28.12]It was the end of the war [02:32.63]And we laughed and cried [02:35.26]And cheered and laughed again [02:37.79] [02:41.58]Yeah we cried and cheered like it would be the last one [02:49.41] [03:23.57]Yeah sure yeah sure I've wished for things [03:26.70] [03:28.17]I wish I had been there the day that Nancy drowned [03:31.47] [03:32.94]I wish I hadn't seen them build a highway [03:35.37] [03:35.91]A highway right through my backyard [03:40.53] [03:42.32]But you just learn to love the little things [03:46.12]I've lived long enough to know [03:49.74] [03:51.60]And I'm still waving from this front porch [03:55.82]And this is still my swan song [04:00.15] [04:00.70]It was a good life [04:02.85] [04:04.62]It was a good life [04:07.69] [04:09.43]I'd do it all again [04:13.31] [04:14.25]I'd do it all again [04:17.95] [04:19.04]I'd do it all again [04:22.49] [04:25.03]Yeah