Turn away to face the cold, enduring chill As the day begs the night for mercy, love Your sun so cruel it leaves no shadows, only scars Carved into stone under the face of earth The moon is up and over One Tree Hill We see the sun go down in your eyes
You run like a river to the sea Tears like a river to the sea
And in our world a heart of darkness A fire zone where workers great their parts Then bleed for it While Jara sang his song as a weapon In the hands of love You know a miner's blood still cries on the ground
It runs like a river to the sea With tears like a river to the sea
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts While bullets rape the night of the merciful I'll see you again when the stars fall from the sky And the moon has turned red over One Tree Hill
We run like a river to the sea We run like a river to the sea And when it's raining, raining hard River to the sea That's when the rain will break your heart River to the sea
Oh great ocean, oh great sea Run to the ocean, run to the sea