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Waiting on an elevator â in a hotel out in California
Smog clouds up in the windows â but there is a plaque up on the wall
That tells of the Agoras â people who were here long before us
Before the covered wagons â before they lost it all
They were hunters â they were fishermen und they often fought each other
But one small tribe was different â their leader was a peaceful man
They were weavers â they were painters â trading pelts for pretty colours
Protected by the warriors for the beauty in their hands
Roll back the years â roll back the years â to the river of tears
The chief he had a daughter - she was young and she was beautiful
He said, âGo into the forest â get some berries for the dye
But make your way back quickly â for the old bearâs getting hungry
I donât want you out there â when the sun falls from the skyâ
Her basket filled with berries â she headed back toward the village
When a mighty roar erupted â she ran und hid inside a hollow tree
Shadows were getting longer â the forest was getting colder
And the chief began to panic â where could his daughter be?
Lost in the years â lost in the years â on the river of tears
In the camp the fires were dying when the old chief started crying
Soon all the tribe were crying â the ground grew wet beneath their feet
And the tears they turned to water and the water became a river
And the river flowed like an arrow â to the foot of a hollow tree
And the girl looked out in wonder â as she saw the water falling
She knew it was her father and she swam to his canoe
And all the tribe stopped crying â and the river started subsiding
Into the hill of the Agoras â and so the legend grew
Roll back the years â roll back the years
Roll back the years â to the river of tears
I wish all the world was healing
- Album:
- Fingers Crossed
- Man Overboard
- Shrunken Heads
- Rant
- The Secret Sessions
- Once Bitten Twice Shy
- The Artful Dodger
- All Of The Good Ones Are Taken
- YUI Orta
- All American Alien Boy
- Miscellaneous
- Strings Attached
- Long Odds And Outtakes
- From the Knees of My Heart, The Chrysalis Years (1979-1981)
- Strings Attached (A Very Special Night With)
- All The Good Ones Are Taken (With Bonus Tracks)
- Strings Attached (A Very Special Night With Ian Hunter)...
- Welcome To the Club
- Welcome to the Club (Live)
- Shades of Ian Hunter