Ingrid Ferris

Lyrics

Like a white gull rising in a shaft of sun,

Wings out-stretched, filled with the wind,

A solitary traveler in an oil-black sky,

I shall return to you, I shall return to you…

Ahhh ahhh ahhh ( other voices.)

Like a Coho salmon from uncharted seas,

Jumping, twisting, with silver back arched,

An acrobat dancing in rainbow spray,

I shall return to you ( dire) I shall return.

Ahh ahh + dire

Like a prodigal son, turning from thieves,

From crack houses, jails, from unholy gutters

Littered with glass and human debris

I  shall return to You, I shall return.

Ahh ahh…..

Your forgivness shall cure me forever….

Dire…ohhh ohhh

Your love shall resurrect me, when like a white gull rising,

I shall return to you,( dire on going.)

 I shall return to you

Ohh ohhh…..

You shall clean me and comfort me,

And bathe me in spring water

And you shall dress me in white linen

And feed me a feast of Thanksgiving.

You shall clean me and comfort me

And bathe me in warm water ( dire)

And bathe me and clean me

In warm water

And comfort me and bathe me

In warm water,

And comfort me and bathe me

In warm water.