The Grey Ship

When you see that ship

It is the ship you can see

When the grey ship calls

It is a-callin’ for me

I thought it would come from

I thought it would come from

Further North than that

Blue sky is silver

Blue sky is grey

When the grey ship calls

I am a-leavin’ today

I thought it would come

I thought it would come

When you see that ship

It is the ship you can see

All of that callin’

Is a-callin’ for me

I thought it would come

I thought it would come from

I thought it would come from

Further North than that

(I hear a choir, I hear a symphony)

My mother with soft hands

My sister with none left

My best friend from long time

My mouth full of glass

(I hear a choir)

The strangers with wet hair

My old aunt a spinster

I feel all them, calming

I've run out of air

I hear a choir

I hear a symphony

I hear all them calling

The pearly gates

We've come all gone together

We've all gone to sleep

I hear a choir

I hear a symphony

Great grandmother

Lived on the prairie

Nothin’ and nothin’

And nothin’ and nothin’

I got the same feelin’

Inside of me