Song Description
A woman's account and plea to her love who is prospecting for gold in a far away land (traveled by boat to New Zealand during the New Zealand gold rush)
| Song Length |
2:35 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Joyful |
Subject |
Sailing, Long |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
My lover has gone far away,
cross the blue horizon.
Left my heart's flag here to sway,
a wound to gather poison.
Said he'd send me somethin back,
down the jagged range,
but I'm the Queen they dealt his Jack,
some things never change.
Bought a pitch and staked his claim,
stretched the wire round
Pray there's more than dirt and shame
in that stony ground.
The water rushes thin and clear
back here on the plains,
pray he'll find the colour
to repay me for my pains.
Lover, won't you come on home
cross this dusty land?
Don't care if all you've got to show
is nothin in your hand.
I miss your tender weary eyes,
your hungry travellin heart,
give all the gold in China
that we may never part.
Ain't no colour in the mountains,
ain't no colour in the sea,
ain't no colour in the riverbed,
no colour for you and me.