Demesduit Dream Lyrics - Great Big Sea

(written by Bob Hallett) 

I dreamt I saw a woman standing by the strand, 

Waiting for her people to come in from the land. 

Waiting there for seven days, she built a fire in the sand 

Waiting for her people to come in from the land. 

She had the look of a refugee hiding in her eyes 

And when I tried to talk to her she answered with a cry 

And pointed to the water out beyond the harbour line 

Where a thousand ships lay waiting, they lay waiting for my sign. 

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I remember days of sunlight 

With my father by my side 

And the children, ran before us 

Like the foam upon the tide 

We ran like frightened partridge, when the strangers came to talk 

Bringing sickness 'round them and the thunder in their walk 

We ran into the valleys and we ran into the hills 

The young ran before us driven by the strangers' will 

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I'm waiting by the landwash with the giant standing near 

I see them coming always, the cChildren in their fear 

I'm waiting on my blanket and the giant waits with me 

And I will wait here always as they fill the endless sea 

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