Walk on Frozen Water
from Water on Stone by Black
lyrics
I walked from Prague to Dusseldorf,
from Germany to France
To earn a little extra there I learned to dance
And I’d dance with anyone, anyone who paid
The lean the mean the cruel and those of arbitrary ways
And in an arrondissement numberless I found I’d passed the test
No weeping in the rain, no weeping in the rain
No weeping in the rain
I only do what I do
Won’t wish upon distant stars
Or weep over photographs
I walk on frozen water
Now I dream of America, remember nearly not a thing
I have the word “America” inscribed upon a ring
And wear it on my finger like a signpost and someday
I’ll take the boat to Liverpool to New York and California
I hear the ocean’s loud enough to swallow up your song
Without whom…nothing!
No weeping in the rain, no weeping in the rain
I’ll only do what I do
Won’t wish upon distant stars
Or weep over photographs
I’ll walk on frozen water
I’ll only do what I do
Won’t wish upon distant stars
Or weep over photographs
Of what might have been ours
People will go when they go
Why you may never know
Until then by the grace of God
I’ll walk on frozen water
from Germany to France
To earn a little extra there I learned to dance
And I’d dance with anyone, anyone who paid
The lean the mean the cruel and those of arbitrary ways
And in an arrondissement numberless I found I’d passed the test
No weeping in the rain, no weeping in the rain
No weeping in the rain
I only do what I do
Won’t wish upon distant stars
Or weep over photographs
I walk on frozen water
Now I dream of America, remember nearly not a thing
I have the word “America” inscribed upon a ring
And wear it on my finger like a signpost and someday
I’ll take the boat to Liverpool to New York and California
I hear the ocean’s loud enough to swallow up your song
Without whom…nothing!
No weeping in the rain, no weeping in the rain
I’ll only do what I do
Won’t wish upon distant stars
Or weep over photographs
I’ll walk on frozen water
I’ll only do what I do
Won’t wish upon distant stars
Or weep over photographs
Of what might have been ours
People will go when they go
Why you may never know
Until then by the grace of God
I’ll walk on frozen water
credits
from Water on Stone,
released November 11, 2009
Words by Colin Vearncombe,
Music by Colin Vearncombe/Graham Henderson
© 2009 published by Hornall Brothers Music/Copyright Control
Vocals, dobro – CV
Electric guitar – Calum MacColl
Bass guitar – Edgar Jones
Bass guitar – Simon Edwards
Drums & percussion – Grenville Harrop
Drums & percussion – Liam Bradley
Piano – Rob Stringer
Piano & accordion – Maurice Seezer
Cello – Bertrand Galen
Violin – Marja Gaynor
Strings – Andy Patterson
Backing vox – CV, Camilla, Fergus
Recorded at Ape Studio, Bryn Derwen and Jerusalem by Dan Hulme, David Wrench, and Andy Patterson
Mixed by Rafe McKenna
Produced by CV & AP
Words by Colin Vearncombe,
Music by Colin Vearncombe/Graham Henderson
© 2009 published by Hornall Brothers Music/Copyright Control
Vocals, dobro – CV
Electric guitar – Calum MacColl
Bass guitar – Edgar Jones
Bass guitar – Simon Edwards
Drums & percussion – Grenville Harrop
Drums & percussion – Liam Bradley
Piano – Rob Stringer
Piano & accordion – Maurice Seezer
Cello – Bertrand Galen
Violin – Marja Gaynor
Strings – Andy Patterson
Backing vox – CV, Camilla, Fergus
Recorded at Ape Studio, Bryn Derwen and Jerusalem by Dan Hulme, David Wrench, and Andy Patterson
Mixed by Rafe McKenna
Produced by CV & AP
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Black
Colin Vearncombe, otherwise known as Black, was born in Liverpool on 26 May 1962.
He had three top-
ten records across Europe and sold over two million albums before leaving the mainstream and going independent. He released a string of albums as Black and under his own name on his own label; Nero Schwarz.
He died in a motor accident in January 2016. His legacy lives on in the Love, Colin project.
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