Come gather in my lungs Scottish wind Belt out your blackest poems As the sea around you sings When that drone takes to the air A single note to raise my hair Carry songs beyond my lungs Cold Scottish wind
Come fall upon my shoulders, Scottish rain And dissolve all of the worry That has hunched this back of mine So the hurt run down the drain to the reservoir One day I'll add a drop of my own worries To a dram
Gather heavy in these long Scottish winds All the fag smoke in the ether Of the grouse has clipped your wings Now I cough just like my granddad And his grandpa before him Ah, blow youth into these lungs Oh, Scottish wind
Come burl around my body, Scottish blood I'll try not to spill a drop Oh, I'm sure you've spilled enough And the English fucking rule Who mean nothing to these times Ah, run forever in my veins Bold Scottish blood
And the whisper to my mouth, soft Scottish winds Just enough to say I love you To the girl who keeps me sane Take the stupid things I've said Blow them miles and miles away Thank you in advance, Scottish wind Thank you in advance, Scottish wind