The Sun's Comin' Over The Hill - Karine Polwart

Six rain ridden summers and he still had an eye for me 
He kissed me each evening and told me he’d die for me 
And then he ran off the road, full of whisky and irony 
He always meant what he said 

So I took to whisky so I could recall 
The taste of his mouth on my mouth, that’s all 
I tried the same trick with a truck but it stalled 
The engine was better off dead 

CHORUS 
Oh the nights are long 
But life is longer still 
Oh the nights are long 
But the sun’s coming over the hill 

The taste never left me and I don’t think it will 
And it caused me to supplement whisky with pills 
But there was something inside that I couldn’t kill 
Believe me, I really did try 

And there’s some say you get what you deserve but they’re wrong 
Sometimes you get what you’re given and then it’s all gone 
And you are lucky if you are sufficiently strong 
To daily decide not to die 

CHORUS 

I can’t say there’s many things I wouldn’t change 
There are better days gone than those that remain 
But I can find joy in the sound of the rain 
You have to find joy where you can 

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