Ode to Cottage Lyrics

It was up above

That christened chest

In a home on the grass

With flowers laid to rest

And there I stood

Some forty years old

Flowers in my hand

Out in the cold

It was covered in dust

And the air was so old

But my eyes felt young

And my spirit felt bold

In pictures I was

A simple young man

With a million little folds

And a smile you couldn't stand

Oh no

Oh the cottage I dreamed

When I suffered and screamed

Oh the cottage I never forgot

By the cottage, I thought

There'd be a quiet little stream

By the cottage, I knelt before God

It was framed in wood

And the wood was so dark

Had a thousand memories

I was singing about the lark

When you held my hand

And you told me goodbye

When you nearly couldn't stand

The sight of the birds flying away

Away

It was a picture of you

Running around a tree

It was long overdue

'Cause now you couldn't see

The cracks in my floors

Or the window with the sea

I just want you to know

Oh the cottage I dreamed

When I suffered and screamed

Oh the cottage I never forgot

By the cottage, I thought

There'd be a quiet little stream

By the cottage, I knelt before God

By the cottage I was

By faint clouds of dust

And, by and by, the worst, it was through

By the cottage I stayed

By the river I swayed

But I never forgot about you

About you