Begin Again

Mary was my mother's mother and my sister too

There's rain in the river, there's a river running through

To the sea around these islands, crying tears of sorrow pain

There's rain in the river, there's a river in my veins

Mary, young as we may be, you know

The blood in you and me

Is as old as blood can be

Is as old as blood can be

As old as blood can be

Living lines of memory drew the markings on my hands

Ancient lines of living love awaken in this land

Saying, I am in the forest, in the city and the field

I am in the bounty, come on, no me as I yield

I am in the falcon, in the otter and the stoat

I am in the turtle dove with nowhere left to go

In the moment of blind madness when he's pushing her away

I am in the lover and in the ear who hears her say

Can we begin again, oh baby, it's me again

I know you are so different to me, but I love you just the same

I love you just the same

I love you just the same

I love you just the same

I love you just the same

I love you just the same

Nigh, nigh, nigh, nigh

(I love you just the same)

Mary Ethel Roderick, 1912 to '72

Though we never met in flesh, here I remember you

Were a woman, you were gentle, you were modest, you were kind

A mother, wife and gran, you were a woman of your time

Mary, young as we may be, you know

The blood in you and me

Is as old as blood can be

Is as old as blood can be

As old as blood can be

She says I am in the living, I am in the dying too

I am in the stillness, can you see me as I move?

I am in the hawthorn, in the apple and the beech

I am in the mayhem, in the medicine of speech

In the moment of blind madness when he's pushing her away

I am in the lover and in the ear who hears her say

Can we begin again, oh baby, it's me again

I know you are so different to me, but I love you just the same

I love you just the same

I love you just the same

I love you just the same

I love you just the same

I love you just the same