Archie Fisher
Coshieville
The west winds blow to CoshievilleAnd with the winds came weAnd where the river hugs the woodAnd blackthorns bloom in May there stoodA single rowan treeSo young and tender so are youI loved you both as there you grewThe day I took the road that leads By Rannoch to the seaWe carved our names in CoshievilleThe rowan leaves were stillBut the darkening west was in your eyesDespite your kisses and my liesMy thoughts had crossed the hillI broke your heart as the minutes passedFor I shrugged and said that nothing lastsBut many's the backwards glance I cast As I went north to the drillThe big wheels rumble up and downThe lorries know the wayI waved my hand I hitched a rideWe crossed the bridge at RannochsideWhere the diesel motors playThen I set myself to a cliff of stone Letras de cancionesMy ear to the boring hammer's droneAnds the ache inside I rued aloneFor you were far awayBut the money moved from Erichts LochAnd the Great Glen beckoned onAt Norriston the hills grew paleAnd we fought and drank through old KintailTill all our money soon was goneThen I cursed Loch Aweside's autumn rainAnd the winter whisky in DunblaneTill the west winds rose in the spring againAnd my heart leapt at its songAnd I came at night to CoshievilleWith a dozen hills aflameYou had another hand to hold Beneath the names we carved of oldThere was another nameYou looked me through you made no signI drank the cup of bitter wineFor well we knew the fault was mineAnd I went the road I came
From Letras Mania