5090-1-Antioch

[paiyatamu]

Antioch

I’ve been sitting on this dock in the town of Antioch G G C C
Watch the Sacramento River flowin’ past into the bay D D G G
While the sun is beating down, burn the once green hills to brown G G C C
And I wish the river come and carry me away D D C G

Through the channels out into the bay C C C D
Then let the current carry me away C C D G
These memories will never set me free C C C D
Until I bury them beneath the sea C C D G

I’ve wandered on this rock until I came to Antioch
Found a girl to love and hold with a heart to match my own
The plans we laid it seems were just fantasies and dreams
Gone like dew before the wind to leave me here alone

Refrain

The sweet has turned to chalk at this shore of Antioch
The home we made is hollow and the echoes carry pain
And the girl who held my heart has now ripped this world apart
With heaven fled my grasp the darkness falls again

Refrain

With nowhere left to walk on the streets of Antioch
The anchor chain unraveled, without rudder I’m adrift
For to leave the world of men, I’ll not pass this way again
And I step into the water as the tide begins to lift

Refrain