Row Him Home Lyrics - Singles - Wailin' Jennys

(Nicky Mehta) 

Across that river through the orange squares of light 

Past the streetlamp like a beacon in the rain 

You've stopped in all this motion 

You're heavy with news too sudden 

You're breathing through this undertow of pain 

And all your friends will gather soon 

And you'll surface then to bring them through 

You'll say "it's better this way" and "at least we knew" 

But this practice in leaving 

All these small moves to grieving 

Does it ever really promise what's deserved? 

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You want to take him in your arms 

And carry to the river 

Find the boy he once was and row him home 

You want a majesty restored 

Find the place where love was born and let him go 

Many Sundays passed since the day of his first leaving 

You stopped asking for the rule to be reversed 

And with the grace that follows those who know what love is 

You held his hand and walked towards this strange rebirth 

And as the friends gather round to bear witness 

You struggle with the fight to find some peace, to make it worth it 

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You want to take him in your arms 

And carry to the river 

Find the boy he once was and row him home 

You want a majesty restored 

Find the place where love was born and let him go