I recall you walking me in trees and streams and fields
when I was just a little boy
Now I’ve been walking in this desert for so long
I wonder if I’d even recognise your voice
If you spoke
If you called out my name
What if I broke your fragile heart again
Just to hear you cry
And I still see the long blonde hair rolling down your face
when you were just a little girl
We’d play for hours in the creek down at the bottom of the yard
lost off in our own little world
Where did you go
that tried to lay your heart to waste
I need to let you know
that I’m still hoping for a time and a place
when they’ll say
Hallelujah, child come home
don’t waste another day
we saved a seat here with your name
there’s a prayer for you to pray
You and me it seems we’ve both walked different roads
hoping that they’ll reach the same end
What if those roads would cross and we’d stand face to face
I wonder would you look at me
as a stranger or a friend
Where did you go
that tried to lay your heart to waste
I need to let you know
that I’m still hoping for a time and a place
where they’ll say
Hallelujah, child come home
don’t waste another day
we saved a seat here with your name
and there’s a prayer for you to pray
When the choir
Hallelujah, child so sweet
will sing with us the songs
that we’ve carried in our hearts
since the days out on Church Street
credits
from Magpies,
released April 26, 2015
Electric guitars: Jonny Screech
Acoustic guitar: Emerson Yeoman
Bass: Gareth Bedford
Drums: Matt Hegan
Vocals: Emerson Yeoman
Keyboards: Aiden Fraser
Backing vocals: Hana Fahy
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