Follow My Tears
I was born in the shadow of the factory I'd be working
For me and my brother, there was nowhere else to go
I married a local boy in 1947
His hands were rough but his eyes were kind
And I knew our love would grow
From my eyes to the river
From the river to the sea
From the sea to the drkening clouds
From the sky back down to me
Follow my tears....
We sailed for New Zealand, I was carrying our second daughter
And there on the dockside, I never knew they were last goodbyes
The first time I saw Wellington my heart would not stop racing
We had come halfway round the world to start our new lives
Now John was an engineer, he worked until the day he died
He left me wanting nothing, for thirty years this was our home
I am by myself now, the children call me now and then
His hands were rough but his eyes were kind
And I knew our love would grow
From my eyes to the river
From the river to the sea
From the sea to the drkening clouds
From the sky back down to me
Follow my tears....
Follow my tears
Siga Minhas Lágrimas
Eu nasci na sombra da fábrica onde eu trabalharia
Pra mim e meu irmão, não havia outro lugar pra ir
Casei com um garoto da cidade em 1947
As mãos dele eram ásperas, mas seus olhos eram gentis
E eu sabia que nosso amor ia crescer
Dos meus olhos pro rio
Do rio pro mar
Do mar pras nuvens escuras
Do céu de volta pra mim
Siga minhas lágrimas....
Navegamos pra Nova Zelândia, eu estava esperando nossa segunda filha
E lá no cais, nunca soube que eram as últimas despedidas
A primeira vez que vi Wellington, meu coração não parava de acelerar
Tínhamos vindo de longe pra começar nossas novas vidas
Agora o John era engenheiro, trabalhou até o dia em que morreu
Ele me deixou sem querer nada, por trinta anos esse foi nosso lar
Estou sozinha agora, as crianças me ligam de vez em quando
As mãos dele eram ásperas, mas seus olhos eram gentis
E eu sabia que nosso amor ia crescer
Dos meus olhos pro rio
Do rio pro mar
Do mar pras nuvens escuras
Do céu de volta pra mim
Siga minhas lágrimas....
Siga minhas lágrimas