Ian & Sylvia — Stories Hed Tell

[Verse 1] Rowin' through the straits, crawlin' 'cross the mornin' sun He'd tell of leaving home, England oh when he was young Magic mountains called, caught him never let him go Standing in the fields long ago Remembrance Day While the horses' graze, I never asked the price he paid Memories of old dead soldier friends so long ago Was his faith so strong, had he doubts that didn't show? Seeing life and death, had he learned what I don't know? [Guitar Solo 1] [Verse 2] All along the shore, arbutus trees do grow And watchin' from their red limbs, kingfishers come and go And their secrets of hidden coves they call 'cross the bay Late in the afternoon on salt rocks where we lay And the water turned to gold, and the day was through "Goin' home?" he'd asked me, then what I hoped to do All sons of his drifty friends settlin' down And I in my aimless way, just a-ramblin' 'round [Piano Solo] [Verse 3] Years turn and life turns beyond windows and doors The life that he loved is not his anymore But I think of him often, I remember him well Places he'd take me, the stories he'd tell [Guitar Solo 2] [Outro] I think of him often, I remember him well The places he'd take me, the stories he'd tell