Chrissie Hynde - My Father lyrics

My father always promised us that
We would live in France
We'd go boating on the Seine and
I would learn to dance
We lived in Ohio then, he worked in the mines
On his dreams like boats we
Knew we'd sail in time

All my sisters soon were gone
To Denver and Cheyenne
Marrying their grownup dreams the
Lilacs and the man
I stayed behind the youngest
Still only danced alone
The colors of my father's dreams
Faded without a sound

And I live in Paris now
My children dance and dream
Hearing the ways of a miner's life
In words they've never seen
I sail my memories of home
Like boats across the seine
And watch the Paris sun set
In my father's eyes again
My father always promised us that
We would live in France
We'd go boating on the Seine and
I would learn to dance
I sail my memories of home
Like boats across the Seine
And watch the Paris sun as it
Sets in my father's eyes again