Feather On The Clyde

Album: All The Little Lights (2012)
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  • Well there's a river that runs through Glasgow
    And makes her but it breaks her and takes her into the parks
    And her current just like my blood flows
    Down from the hills, round aching bones to my restless heart

    Well I would swim but the river is so wide
    And I'm scared I won't make it to the other side
    Well God knows I've failed but He knows that I've tried
    I long for something that's safe and warm
    But all I have is all that is gone
    I'm as helpless and as hopeless as a feather on the Clyde

    Well on one side all the lights glow
    And the folks know and the kids go where the music and the drinking starts
    On the other side where no cars go
    Up to the hills that stand alone like my restless heart

    Well I would swim but the river is so wide
    And I'm scared I won't make it to the other side
    Well God knows I've failed but He knows that I've tried
    I long for something that's safe and warm
    But all I have is all that is gone
    I'm as helpless and as hopeless as a feather on the Clyde

    Well the sun sets late in Glasgow
    And the daylight and the city part
    And I think of you in Glasgow
    'Cause you're all that's safe, you're all that's warm in my restless heart Writer/s: Michael David Rosenberg
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Frank from Australia Clyde is a river that runs through Glasgow.
  • Peggy Wallace from Tennessee I love mikes music! And feather on the Clyde intrigues me love the sounds. But and I don’t want to sound goofy but what is a Clyde? My sons middle name is Clyde and I’m curious to know what it means to mike
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