I've been waitin' on the fault line 

Let the needle take me on 

I'll be standing with my dyin' bell 

If you care to come along 

Racin' with the risin' tide to my father's door 

Racin' with the risin' tide to my father's door 


I've been lyin' in the bright lights 

See my shadow from below 

Never wanted from another man 

Never wanted from my own 

Drownin' in the risin' tide in my father's door 

Drownin' in the risin' tide in my father's door 


Through a window to the last mile 

Little picture on the wall 

From the banks on the far side 

See the lights come ashore 

Racin' from the risin' tide to my father's door 

Racin' from the risin' tide to my father's door 

Racin' with the risin' tide to my father's door