the ghost on the shore

Lord Huron

I m just a man but I know that I m damned
All the dead seem to know where I am
Till it began on the night of my birth
We ll be done in a turn of the earth

Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand
I was born on the lake and I don t want to leave
Every eye on the coast ever more
Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore

Under the waves and the earth of an age
Lie a thousand old northerners graves
Deep in the night when the moon s glowing bright
They come rising up into the night

Die if I must let my bones turn to dust
I m the Lord of the lake and I don t want to leave
All who sail off the coast ever more
Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore

I m goin away for a long time
I m goin away for a long time

Lie where I land let my bones turn to sand
I was born on the lake and I don t want to leave
Every eye on the coast ever more
Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore

Die if I must let my bones turn to dust
I m the lord of the lake and I don t want to leave
All who sail off the coast ever more
Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore

I m goin away for a long time