Story Behind The Song
My first song I could play when I was a little girl was by Ralph McTell and was called Streets of London. I wanted to write one of my own
Song Description
This song distills some of the unfairness and horror of the world of homeless people
| Song Length |
5:09 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Rock - Progressive Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking |
Subject |
Feminism, Hunger |
| Similar Artists |
Genesis |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
These Eyes
Words and Music by Lisbee Stainton www.lisbeestainton.com
© MarionetMusic 2006 www.marionetmusic.com
Verse 1: These eyes, they hold depths that are too deep
Full of stairs that are too steep
I must fall before I climb
Those tears falling unchecked down my cheek
What is it now? I can?t see
The shadows make me blind
Chorus: So lead me home
This old woman is all alone
Long ago she fell out of the line
All alone, she got left behind
Lead her home
Verse 2: That face, with lines so old and deep
Like shadows from your sleep
They?re the scars of your life
Those tears, are they echoes of your fears?
And can you still hear the dreams that haunt you in the night?
Chorus: So lead me home
This old woman is all alone
Long ago she fell out of the line
All alone, she got left behind
So lead me home
This old woman is all alone
Long ago she fell out of the line
All alone, she got left behind
Lead her home