russell crowe & the ordinary fear of god – raewyn lyrics
[verse 1]
there’s a black and white photograph of raewyn
i know the place and the year that it was taken
gosford, before all the houses
forrestors was still uncrowded
footprints, often only your own
[verse 2]
over the sand dunes and into the mangroves
he gets his camera and that’s where uncle peter goes
he took this photograph of you with your wild hair
just back from america in your print top and your flares
so much light in your eyes, no-one read the despair
a scream in the night, my mother shaking with tears
her little sister, pouring down the stairs
oh, raewyn is no longer here
[chorus 1]
how little do i know of the pain of my mother
if i’m now just thinking, if i’d lost a brother?
how many nights has she lain awake shaking
when i could’ve held her, shared the pain she had taken
i should’ve held her and told her that i loved her
a son needs to say it when he loves his mother
[verse 3]
jolly jack crowe was out on the ocean
his charlie asleep alone
deep within the motion
jack’s eyes hollowed from the inside
his life and heart had been pulverized
guilt’s not so loud in a bottle
[verse 4]
taking risks had bought four sons and good fortune
how could he know that was the tide his luck was leaving on
n0body talked of the beauty lost and undone
everybody baulked when we named our son
but it’s time to stop blaming jolly jack crowe
whose grief knew no boundaries and swallowed him whole
fighting for the dead, fighting for his soul
i love him more, thanks to my charlie crowe
[chorus 2]
how little do i know of the path of my father
if i’m now just thinking, if i’d lost a brother?
how many nights has he lain awake shaking
when i could’ve held him, shared the pain he had taken
i should’ve held him, and told him that i loved him
a son and a father should always be talking
a son and a father should always be talking
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