lifeblood: songs: lyrics: passage west

i met my love
in passage west
the sun was sinking
down to rest
the river to the stars
confessed
twas the dark haired lady
i loved best

we wandered down
by chapel square
and there was magic
in the air
and mother nature
gently pressed
the burning river
to her breast

i offered her
a golden ring
my hand my heart
my everything
i offered her
a sweet love nest
by the flowing banks of
passage west

oh love will you go
will you go will you go
(will you go will you go)
or love will you stay
will you stay will you stay
(will you stay will you stay)
oh love will you go
will you go will you go
(will you go will you go)
or love will you stay
will you stay will you stay
(will you stay will you stay)

we watched the ferry
come and go
we watched the river
ebb and flow
the tide breathe in
the tide breathe out
we watched the passage
flowers grow

the ghostly farms
of the hungry years
in sad procession
did appear
with hope and sorrow
made their way
on their passage west
to amerikay

oh love will you go
will you go will you go
(will you go will you go)
or love will you stay
will you stay will you stay
(will you stay will you stay)
oh love will you go
will you go will you go
(will you go will you go)
or love will you stay
will you stay will you stay
(will you stay will you stay)

the famine queen
stood tall and proud
on either bank
the people bowed
from passage west
rang a fenian yell
rule brittania
rule in hell

the grass grows green
on the other side
(on the other side)
and mighty ships
sail out the tide
(out the tide)
to far flung harbors
across the sea
(across the sea)
far away from passage
my love and me
(my love and me)

oh love will you go
will you go will you go
(will you go will you go)
or love will you stay
will you stay will you stay
(will you stay will you stay)
oh love will you go
will you go will you go
(will you go will you go)
or love will you stay
will you stay will you stay
(will you stay will you stay)

oh love will you go
will you go will you go
(will you go will you go)
or love will you stay
will you stay will you stay
(will you stay will you stay)
oh love will you go
will you go will you go
(will you go will you go)
or love will you stay
will you stay will you stay
(will you stay will you stay)

oh love will you go (will you)
will you go will you go
(go)
or love will you stay
(will you)
will you stay will you stay
(stay)
oh love will you go
(will you)
will you go will you go
(go)
or love will you stay
(will you)
will you stay will you stay
(stay)

words and music by john spillane
as recorded with dervish