Stornoway Kicking The Stone Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Each day walking home
The same boy kicks a stone
Past Heather in her kitchen
And Alfie with his bone
Up the slope past Alan's house
And Mary Coffee's wall
He's kicked it home a thousand times
Pretending it's a ball

[Chorus]
I'll kick you in my dreams
Up the unfinished road
'Til the dogs, they bark no more
And all the lawns are mowed

[Verse 2]
Two dogs bark in time
A woman sings his name
Over psychedelic drives
And ghostly windowpanes
One down from the bachelor's
A bike lies on its side With its back wheel still spinning
From the summеr's long ride
And as the sun rolls down
To the dazzlе of the bay
He kicks his stone again
As if to say

[Chorus]
I'll kick you in my dreams
Up the unfinished road
'Til the dogs, they bark no more
And all the lawns are mowed
And I'll kick you in my dreams
Up the unfinished road
'Til the children have all flown
And their houses all grown cold, oh
'Til the children have all flown
Their houses all grown cold