Digital Modular And Margate Organ

It took a long time 
To get where we were going
Get where we were going 
Although we were strong
And I believed you
Everything you said
Everything you said all along.

‘Get behind the mule’,
‘Get behind the mule’ I’d say
With a smile
And the wine would flow 
When the work was done.

I believed the American dream
I built my house beside a stream
And sailed this uphill river to the sea
But I can’t reach the ocean
Without you.

It took a wild wind
And everything the good lord
Could throw at us
It took the rising rivers of Noah
The seeds and the sowers of dust

Then.... you called my name, so slow
And as if in a dream, you fell, 
Turning on your plough
You fell, back to the soil
Seemed as if unreal
How could this be?
Still the field was green....

It took a long time 
To get where we were going
Get where we were going 
Although we were strong
And I believed you
Everything you said
Everything you said all along....

I bought this American dream
This house of love
From which to reach the river
Flowing uphill to the sea
But I can’t reach the ocean, 
The final scene,
And leave them all behind 
To work another day
If you’re not here with me.

This Uphill River

Guilt-Edged Opportunity

Live performance recorded at our first gig, 25.06.16

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Another Tale From Another English Town

Composer / arranger / performer from Cambridge UK.

This Uphill River

Dan Ecclestone

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