Daniel Lanois - Silium's Hill Lyrics
Shoe Shine MammaSpits for her moneyWants to make a livingTry to make her ownAll she ever wanted was tomake her own money andsettle down on Silium's HillShe prayed by the water on Manitou BaySipping ambrosia on a holy nightCounting the lovers that had passed her wayThey could not see her on Silium's HillOn a frozen lamp pole I scratch her name -With my rusty old penknifeon a empty heartStanding by the window, is that you out thereat the Southern Cross over Silium's HillOh, baby will you ride with meThrough the wheat towns to Medicine HatWhen the cold winds blow I'll be thereI'll hang on tight, baby sure go for thatNow the old man knocks at my front door,Shoe Shine Mamma isn't here anymoreThere's a stranger in my placelooking out over Silium's Way...Listen to the humming of the railway carsMy hands frozen on the wheel600 miles away from homerunning on the shadow of Silium's HillSomewhere back on Church StreetShoe Shine Mamma spits for her moneyTrying to make a living, wanna make her ownDown at the bottom of Silium's HillMamma wanna build her owndown at the bottom of Silium's Hill
