Song Lyrics Fogelberg Dan - Forefathers    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> F>> Fogelberg Dan Singer Lyrics [Fogelberg Dan other resources]>> Forefathers Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Fogelberg Dan Music Title/Track: Forefathers Theme ID: 288 Album: N/A They came from Scandinavia The land of midnight sun And crossed the North Atlantic When this century was young They'd heard that in America Every man was free To live the way he chose to live And be who he could be. Some of them were farmers there And tilled the frozen soil But all they got was poverty For all their earnest toil They say one was a sailor Who sailed the wide world round Made home port--got drunk one night Walked off the pier and drowned. My mother was of Scottish blood It's there that she was born They brought her to America in 1924 They left behind the highlands And the heather covered hills And came to find America With broad, expectant dreams And iron wills. My grandad worked the steel mills Of central Illinois His daughter was his jewel His son was just his boy For thirty years he worked the mills And stoked the coke-fed fires And looked toward the day When he'd at last turn 65 And could retire. Chorus And the sons become the fathers And the daughters will be wives As the torch is passed from hand to hand And we struggle through our lives Though the generations wander The lineage survives And all of us From dust to dust We all become forefathers By and by. The woman and the man were wed Just after the war And they settled in this river town And three fine sons she bore One became a lawyer And one fine pictures drew And one became this lonely soul Who sits here now And sings this song to you. (Repeat chorus) Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Higher Ground, Holy Road, Illinois, In The Passage, Is This Magic, It Doesnt Matter, Leader of the Band, Lessons Learned, Let Her Go, Lonely In Love, Long Way Home (Live In The Country), Longer, Looking for a Lady, Loose Ends, Lost In The Sun, Love Gone By, Lovers In A Dangerous Time, Magic Every Moment, Make Love Stay, Missing You, More Than Ever, Morning Sky, Mountain Pass, Nether Lands, Next Time, Nexus, Old Tennessee, Once Upon a Time, Only The Heart May Know, Our Last Farewell, Over & Over, Part of the Plan, Phoenix, Power of Gold, Promises Made, Rhythm of the Rain, River Of Souls, Road Beneath My Wheels, Run for the Roses, Same Old Lang Syne, Scarecrows Dream, Seeing You Again, Serengeti Moon, Shallow Rivers, She Dont Look Back, Since Youve Asked, Sketches, Song from Half Mountain, Song Of The Sea, Souvenirs, Other Fogelberg Dan song Lyrics (Someones Been) Telling You Stories Lyrics A Love Like This Lyrics A Voice For Peace Lyrics All There Is Lyrics Along The Road Lyrics Anastasias Eyes Lyrics Anyway I Love You Lyrics As the Raven Flies Lyrics Aspen/These Days Lyrics Be On Your Way Lyrics Beggars Game Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Dan Fogelberg Lyrics Dan Gardner Lyrics Dan Girssom Lyrics Dan Hagerty Lyrics Hartman Dan Lyrics Dan Hartman Lyrics Hill Dan Lyrics Dan Hill Lyrics DAN MCCAFERTY Lyrics Dan Mccafferty Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy