Summerday Lyrics - Promised Land - Dar Williams

From the ship, we could see it in the distance 

As the fog was finally lifting 

We had come to the shores of Summerday 

Gently landing, we jumped out on the sand 

And found our way 

Where the dirt was soft and black 

We started digging a garden 

And soon we found the woods that we'd 

Call the forest of Arden for to play 

When we came to Summerday 

On the shores of Summerday 

We will live in Summerday 

And we climbed a stony mountain 

We were boisterous then quiet 

As we thought about what instruments to make 

Soon we started to build the uilleann pipes 

And fine guitars 

Then we scouted out the hollows 

For solitude and silence 

And we found the places we could meet 

By the blue and glassy river 

Under stars where the paper lanterns sway 

In the streets of Summerday 

Trust the night and trust the day 

Sun and moon of Summerday 

We are pilgrims in the land between religions 

We are following our children 

And we paint in different colors every day 

And if we're true to our hearts they will 

Grow up and want to stay 

We will work beside them as they 

Build modest houses and 

On a misty April morning 

We'll rest the shovels on the fence 

And die and become a summer day 

Oh, the fields of Summerday 

And the flowers of Summerday 

They will live in Summerday 

To the shores of Summerday 

So we sail to Summerday 

We will live in Summerday