Sun, Son (shining On The Water) Lyrics - Love Over And Over - Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle

Oh father come to the window 

Look over yonder lake 

At the wondrous golden city 

Beyond the icy wake 

In my short life we've passed this way 

Ten times or more 

And never did this city 

Rise up on that far shore 

That's the Sun son, shining on the water 

It's not Cairo, New York or Rome 

And just a matter of hours before you see your mama 

Waiting for you back at home 

Big buildings at it's centre 

Stand ablaze with light 

While lesser spires around these 

Entrap the beams in flight 

Oh look now I see people 

With faces small and fine 

And in their midst just staring 

A boy's face like mine 

That's the Sun son, shining on the water 

It's not Cairo, New York or Rome 

And just a matter of hours before you see your mama 

Waiting for you back at home 

The Sun was shrinking 'cause night was falling 

And the boy went off to sleep 

His wondrous city vanished 

Into the icy deep 

The Moon was rising 'cause night had fallen 

And all was as before 

As we made our way past the countless pines 

On the cold lake's northern shore 

That's the Sun son, shining on the water 

It's not Cairo, New York or Rome 

And just a matter of hours 

Before you see your mama 

Waiting for you back at home