movin' on

Lyrics

i'll see my mother again i know, i see her everywhere i go, sometimes i see my father too, pourin' over blueprints that he drew, he made his way with sweat and brains, so i could ride this first class train, well, he didn't even know where to, only knew it wouldn't be long, always movin' on, sing a song about the big ship goin' down, grandma cried, grandpa too, then we went to town to get some ice cream, see a picture show, come back and take a swim in the lake's moon glow, well, i knew then there were no watery graves, just tears and laughter and moonlight on the waves, then the cryin' of the mornin' loon, pretty soon summers' gone, always movin' on, my wife's mama lyin' in a dyin' bed, they've anointed her with oils and some words are being said, somethin' about the soul bein' present eternally, does that mean i'll be seein' you, babe, and will you be seein' me, twilight's dimmin' down another day, been some moments i didn't wanna let slip away, as if they wouldn't, as if i could, stay in a place where time just stood, like wood and steel in a watery grave, no tears no laughter, no moonlight on the waves, well there's no place like that, it's true, right here's where you and i belong, always movin' on, always movin' on