Something To See Lyrics

I flew north to a northern town

To swing my hammer at a nail

The board went in and the walls went up

And in the window I had my reckoning

The trees hugged the lake as ripple became wave

And the clouds came down for a taste

Then the sun hit twofold off the water's face

And the calm chased out the breeze

Well, there's so much these eyes haven't seen

And so much that they never will

And the burden of generations has been placed upon me

To leave my children with something to see

To leave my children with something to see

If heaven's on earth, I've walked it twice

Heard the earth tell its secrets to the sky

And the view of the mountain succeeds the mountain view

I felt Moses' cries

Well, there's so much these eyes haven't seen

And so much that they never will

And the burden of generations has been placed upon me

To leave my children with something to see

To leave my children with something to see

When I die and my body begins to wither away

I hope the daisies can still take my place

But if my grave lies barren, you'll know that I was a thief

Cause I'll have left this world with nothing to see

I'll have left this world with nothing to see

Well, there's so much these eyes haven't seen

And so much that they never will

And the burden of generations has been placed upon me

To leave my children with something to see

To leave my children with something to see