Song of the Dove Lyrics

The violets have faded

There's a quiet in the air

From the dieback, Ash are waning

And the tree's are growing bare

There's no pride in staying

My time is drawing near

I'm leaving here at first light

With the shirt upon my back

Oh, I'm so tired of waiting

You don't know just how lonely I can get

So tell my Ma' don't despair

I'll go when the winds are fair

Cause' I won't give up

Till I hear you hail on the wind my love

And we sing the song of the dove

I won't give up

Your voice somehow has stayed with me

It plays just like a melody on a string

Said your Pa' had found some work up North

Where the lowlands still need miners on the rigs

They say we'll soon reach a day when

There won't be a damn thing left

Even sold my old guitar for change

The rosewood I had carved within your name

The next day I saw the store display

The price was more than double what they paid

But forward I must go

Before the winter snow

Cause' I won't give up

Till I hear you hail on the wind my love

And we sing the song of the dove

I won't give up

When the dawn breaks till the fall of dusk

I'll take to the sky above there is only us

Oh, from the Cape Horn to the Bay of Bengal

I'll break hail and storm my fate is stark

Make haste for to find you

And undo the tie that binds my heart