An Ocean Apart (for Mum)
Well you left us without warning
Only days before the plague
The strangest year in decades
Just a shadow in your wake
I think you liked this piano riff
Even though I played too loud
The words did not exist then
How I wish they didn't now
And you came to every gig
And proud as punch sang every song
And I never swore in what I wrote
In case you sang along
An eyebrow raised in protest
If we took the "holy name"
But today I find no comfort
That our loss is heaven's gain
We're an ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
And you sang with all your siblings
April evening, Jimmy Brown
And you raised us up to harmonize
When all else dragged us down
When the pain of this subsides
And lessens God I'll never know
Though we now can't sing together Mum
We'll never sing alone
But we're an ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
High chairs and cradles
Sing-songs and saviours
Half two unable to sleep for fear
You'd miss an occasion
Christmas and L'aimant
And wines we pronounced wrong
And laughter and old songs
All wait for your blessing
Quartets and Ann's play
And grand-kids and birthdays
Those calls on a Wednesday
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
Only days before the plague
The strangest year in decades
Just a shadow in your wake
I think you liked this piano riff
Even though I played too loud
The words did not exist then
How I wish they didn't now
And you came to every gig
And proud as punch sang every song
And I never swore in what I wrote
In case you sang along
An eyebrow raised in protest
If we took the "holy name"
But today I find no comfort
That our loss is heaven's gain
We're an ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
And you sang with all your siblings
April evening, Jimmy Brown
And you raised us up to harmonize
When all else dragged us down
When the pain of this subsides
And lessens God I'll never know
Though we now can't sing together Mum
We'll never sing alone
But we're an ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
High chairs and cradles
Sing-songs and saviours
Half two unable to sleep for fear
You'd miss an occasion
Christmas and L'aimant
And wines we pronounced wrong
And laughter and old songs
All wait for your blessing
Quartets and Ann's play
And grand-kids and birthdays
Those calls on a Wednesday
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
An ocean, an ocean, an ocean apart
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Writer(s): David Blake
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