Color Of Water Lyrics

I was all geared up and ready to go
Bounding for to leave my mountain home with a sky of blue
Between the leaves and the color of the water was green
High over the sea.

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"Do you have to leave so soon my boy?
The winter time ain't even begun."
"Well I'd stay awhile," I turned to
Say.
"But the color of the water is grey and I'm going away"