Old Gods

C F Carry my prayers on the ocean C G Carry my prayers on the sea C F And if you are meant to be mine, love C G C One day you'll come home to me F C But are you a trick of the memory F G That the old gods are playing on me C F Carry my prayers on the ocean C G C Carry my prayers on the sea C F Your blue eyes are there when I close mine C G I see your sweet face when I dream C F My heart is all ragged in pieces C G C Bleeding at every seam F C And are you a trick of the memory F G That the old gods are playing on me C F Carry my prayers on the ocean C G C Carry my prayers on the sea C F I'm down on my knees at a crossing C G Wondering which way to go C F But all roads are dark through the valley C G C And I'll learn to walk them alone F C And are you a trick of the memory F G That the old gods are playing on me C F Carry my prayers on the ocean C G C Carry my prayers on the sea C F No wine and no song can soothe me C G I'm pierced by the arrows of pain C F I'll lay in the grass by the mountain C G C And summon the wind and the rain F C And are you a trick of the memory F G That the old gods are playing on me C F Carry my prayers on the ocean C G C Carry my prayers on the sea C F Carry my prayers on the ocean C G C Carry my prayers on the sea