The Rock - Mackenzie Phillips
There’s a low rock wall By the cliffs of Mower Runs from down on the ground Right up through the sea air As a child I would climb To the top of those stairs And wish on the fog I was anywhere else The farms and the valleys Are ringed with the stones Of the men who built walls Souse to be more alone All that’s left of them now Are their fears and their bones But the rocks they pulled up Were all I’ve ever known The Rock fought my spirit The Rock fed my anger The Rock broke my heart Like the waves of the sea I tried hard to fight But it still grew inside me This island My Ireland The Rock is in me Hard was the ground In which this child grew Unforgiving and cold Was the home that I knew But knowing the soil No harbor for you Makes pulling up roots That much easier to do Set sail! Young pilgrims Set sail to a new land Set sail! Our future Is out there to find Now it’s been years Since I’ve been in that place And the winds of my life Have all weathered my face But it’s only with distance And the coming of grace That I see in you beauty I could never replace The Rock forged my spirit The Rock was my anchor The Rock held me fast Through the storms of my youth Now you’ll never die Cause you live on inside me On Illin Sha Ma Herring Fain Lai –Lai –Lai –Lai …
Artist: Mackenzie Phillips
Title: The Rock