Bones - Char MacKay

As children we are told that in the times of old We were the lords of other men We kept among our kin and multiplied our sins Until it was all swept away. Bones of our mothers Bones of our fathers Leading through a darkening night Where the journey takes us-‘til the journey breaks us Never to give up the fight The price of our defeat is our daily bread and meat As we pay the recompense again The cost of life is dear when it comes with blood and tears And is buried on the backs of friends Bones of a lover Bones of a brother Never to forget the sight Where the journey takes us-‘til the journey breaks us Never to give up the fight Musical bridge (optional) We sowed the seeds of death and we’re doing all our best But still the task is not complete We pass the burden on in our children, in our songs Until there’s no one left to see Bones of my sister Every day I miss her Still I keep her by my side Where the journey takes us-‘til the journey breaks us Never to give up the fight (Bridge) Walking through fields of green-autumn’s ahead of me Ride to the end of my sweep Sweet as the summer breeze rustling through the trees All the things I can’t keep Remind me of summers home sitting in shade alone A pack unloaded by my side Until I ride out again-counting the absent friends Nothing to hold but my pride Bones from each other-I will be another Death for us is not the end My taste of death will kill a foe but when that is I’ll never know And I will join the fight again Bones polished brightly. Edges sharpened lightly Living days with all my might Where the journey takes us-‘til the journey breaks us Never to give up the fight Living days with all my might Never to forget the sight Never to give up the fight