Shining On The Water

C Oh father, come to the window F G C Look over yonder lake F G At the wondrous golden city C Beyond the icy wake In my short life we’ve passed this way F G C Ten times or more F G And never did this city C Rise up on that far shore Dm Am Dm7 F That’s the Sun son, shining on the water G It’s not Cairo, New York or Rome Dm Am F And just a matter of hours before you see your mama G C Waiting for you back at home Big buildings at it’s centre F G C Stand ablaze with light F G While lesser spires around these C Entrap the beams in flight Oh look now, I see people F G C With faces small and fine F G And in their midst just staring C A boy’s face like mine Dm Am Dm7 F That’s the Sun son, shining on the water G It’s not Cairo, New York or Rome Dm Am F And just a matter of hours before you see your mama G Waiting for you back at home Dm Am F G Dm Am F G C The Sun was shrinking ’cause night was falling F G C And the boy went off to sleep F G His wondrous city vanished C Into the icy deep The Moon was rising ’cause night had fallen F G And all was as before C F G As we made our way past the countless pines C On the cold lake’s northern shore Dm Am Dm7 F That’s the Sun son, shining on the water G It’s not Cairo, New York or Rome Dm Am F And just a matter of hours before you see your mama G Waiting for you back at home Dm Am Dm7 F That’s the Sun son, shining on the water G It’s not Cairo, New York or Rome Dm Am F And just a matter of hours before you see your mama G C Waiting for you back at home