Pete Brown & Piblokto! - Golden Country Kingdom lyrics

The hour that the forest puts the lake to bed She rises to the surface, swims through the darkness in my head The crate of next year's promises arrived in another town And the leaves I can't remember are slowly turning brown… Far from the skies Away from her eyes The golden country kingdom Folds it's wings swings and dies By the time we all come home the predictable successes I helped er from the carriage made of last year's evening dresses Oh the sparkle and the laughter that echoed round the tables And the trees remembrin' little birds they murdered in the fables… Far from the skies Away from her eyes The golden country kingdom Folds it's wings swings and dies When winter calls the summer liar and freezes up its feet I queued up for her kisses, I stood in lines I can't repeat And now the darkened wagons have reached their destination And the piper calls the tunes back from the benches in the station Far from the skies Away from her eyes The golden country kingdom Folds it's wings swings and dies The smoky trails when sky men ride the slashing silver swords And now the mantles of the bride of brightly armoured lords Half-naked trees the last notes fall like coins on plates of grief And to stop the stores sorrow and to bring me quick relief Far from the skies Away from her eyes The golden country kingdom Folds it's wings and dies