Sun Son, Shining On The Water

Oh father come to the window

Look over yonder lake

At the wondrous golden city

Beyond the icy wake

In my short life we've passed this way

Ten times or more

And never did this city

Rise up on that far shore

That's the Sun son, shining on the water

It's not Cairo, New York or Rome

And just a matter of hours before you see your mama

Waiting for you back at home

Big buildings at it's centre

Stand ablaze with light

While lesser spires around these

Entrap the beams in flight

Oh look now I see people

With faces small and fine

And in their midst just staring

A boy's face like mine

That's the Sun son, shining on the water

It's not Cairo, New York or Rome

And just a matter of hours before you see your mama

Waiting for you back at home

The Sun was shrinking 'cause night was falling

And the boy went off to sleep

His wondrous city vanished

Into the icy deep

The Moon was rising 'cause night had fallen

And all was as before

As we made our way past the countless pines

On the cold lake's northern shore

That's the Sun son, shining on the water

It's not Cairo, New York or Rome

And just a matter of hours

Before you see your mama

Waiting for you back at home