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Artist/Band: 
Runrig 
Lyrics for Song: The Ship 
Lyrics for Album: The Stamping Ground [2001]
  
               
  947>I awoke in the dusts of an autumn morning
  Faces oil-lit kneeling round the family chairs
  I never knew that a heart could take such filling
  Spaces everywhere.
 
 
  And the ship comes 'round
  And she's waiting at the harbour
  Be prepared to get on board, be prepared
 
 
  I never knew that the light of ages
  Breaks the way before us
  Sail away, sail away
 
 
  All the front doors opened and the men came walking
  Suits and shoes, heads of silver and grey
  It's one short road from a darkened cradle
  To the endless light of day.
 
 
  She walked like a bride down the aisle of her childhood
  The shops, the schoolyard, the church on the hill
  Where she trembled on the day
  She was touched and broken
  Marie was born again.
 
 
  And the ship comes 'round
  And she's waiting at the harbour
  Be prepared to get on board, be prepared
 
 
  I never knew that the light of ages
  Breaks the way before us
  Sail away, sail away
 
 
  All ears to the trawler-band in the evenings
  Forty crans and the spirits run wild
  The storms, the drownings, the tables, the drinking
  The sea had claimed their lives.
 
 
  There's a peat smoke rising from the village chimneys
  You take your chances with the red haired girl
  All the boats take their rest in the heart of the harbour
  That night in a changing world.
 
 
  And the ship comes 'round
  And she's waiting at the harbour
  Be prepared to get on board, be prepared
 
 
  I never knew that the light of ages
  Breaks the way before us
  Sail away, sail away
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| Album Lyrics: The Stamping Ground [2001] | 
 
   Runrig 
"The Stamping Ground [2001]"
 
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