Jay Ferguson Empty Sky Lyrics

When I was young and I lived by the mills

I'd walk the valleys and I'd wander the hills

Dreamed of my fortune and worked at my trade

Praying for something just to carry me away, far away

Carry me away

And I'd lay down in the night

I could feel the hills by my side

The stars burning cold and so high

In an empty sky

I had a woman in another town

Her hands were soft and her eyes were brown

I used to laugh at the things she would say

One day the wind came and carried her away, far away

It carried her away

She used to say

"Just lay me down in the night Let me feel your love by my side

It seems like my life's drifting by

In an empty sky"

One day I knew there was nothing for me

I slipped away and went down to the sea

They told us, "Boys, it's the chance of your life

Over the waters where the new lands lie, far away

We'll carry you away"

She used to say

"Just lay me down in the night

Let me feel your love by my side

It seems like my life's drifting by

In an empty sky"

So lay me down in the night

Let me feel your love by my side

It seems like my life's drifting by

In an empty sky