Barbara Dickson - Across the Hills lyrics

Across the hills black clouds are sweeping Carrying poison far and wide And the gra** has blackened underfoot And the rose has withered and died The rose is still as red love and the gra** is still as green Must have been a shadow in the distance you have seen Must have been a shadow you have seen Can't you hear the children weeping Can't you hear the mournful sound No birds sing in the twisted trees In the silent streets around You can hear the children laughing in the streets as they play You must have caught the dying of an echo far away Must have been an echo far away Can't you see the white ash falling From the hollow of the skies And the blood runs red down the blackened walls Where a ruined city lies You could see the red sun shining in the park on the stream Must have felt the shiver from the darkness of a dream Must have been the darkness of a dream d**h shall reap a hellish harvest Make a desert of the land But the rose is still as red love and the gra** is still as green It must have been a shadow you have seen (Must have been a shadow) Across the hills black clouds are sweeping (Must have been a shadow) (Must have been a shadow) Can't you see the white ash falling (Must have been a shadow) (Must have been a shadow) d**h shall reap a hellish harvest (Must have been a shadow) (Must have been a shadow) Across the hills black clouds are sweeping (Must have been a shadow) You can hear the children laughing in the streets as they play You must have caught the dying of an echo far away Must have been an echo far away