Song Of The Earth - Runrig

It was winter on the Mersey

Snow was falling on New York

The boats were coming in from Ireland

A nation drinking round the docks

What do you do when the rain is falling

What do you do when the rain is falling down

Young men were heading back to Europe

Rocking the Reeperbahn at night

We watched the airwaves over Eval

Angels were dancing in the light

What do you do when the sun is sinking

What do you do when the sun is sinking low

The chains, slaves, praise and gospel

Burn like the sun in tortured mouths

A hurricane blew out of Memphis

Revolution in the south

What do you do when the sun is beating

What do you do when the sun is beating down

Spirits drink the milk of nations

Singing freedom and release

Cries of mercy rise like rockets

Trough the paths of the redeemed

What do you do when the guns are turning

What do you do when the guns are turning round

What do you do

Sing a song of the earth

Song the earth

Song the earth

A singer in my bloodstream

Stayed mainline all my life

His voice filled my Atlantic

A Celtic fire, a soul of white

What do you do when your homes are burning

What do you do when your homes are burning down

He wore the beauty of his people

Came to tell it to the world

Human tears, human oceans

The greatest song I’ve ever heard

What do you do when your hope is raging

What do you do when your hope is raging strong

It was winter on the Mersey

Through the museum on the docks

Through my years, through my failures

To where the white piano stood

What do you do when the rain is falling

What do you do when the rain is falling down

Saw all the singers of the Gaidhealtachd

And all the world could understand

I heard, maybe I’m a dreamer

I was not the only one

What do you do when the song you’re singing

What do you do when the song you’re singing’s gone

What do you do when the song you’re singing

What do you do when the song you’re singing’s gone

Song the earth

Sing a song of the earth

Song the earth

Song the earth

Sing a song of the earth

Song the earth