The Lilac Time - Finistere lyrics

Come and watch the sun set with me from Finistère A sentimental moment with me, we can share Forget the faces of forgotten children Oh, how they cried They cannot forget forgetful fathers Oh, how they lied And how they tried to run away You listen to your Walkman on the back seat of the bus And feel yourself evaporate in unselfconsciousness The wounded animal sat by the roadside "Oh, how..." he cried "...did the peaceful pastures become minefields...?" "...oh, woe" he cried For now he cannot run away Oh, run away from the half digested bitterness you feel "Oh, how can you stay?" Says the unexpected innocence you keep And how long does that innocence keep You from drying up, drying out and fading away? The days when I was bullet proof and nightly full of holes As deep and strong as cellophane in a galaxy of souls The father to so many needs a mother Oh, how she cried Does the father's mother need a lover? "Oh, yes, please" she cried "I know I'll never run away"