Wells for Zoë - Water for Life
From Compass Records
Well for
Zoë
Karine Polwart and Tim O'Brien
Lyrics and music by Karine Polwart
Dig a little well for Zoë
Somewhere she can cool her skin
Lay it under thunderclouds and stormy shrouds
Where the rain will run right in
Cause she walked ten miles to the river
Just to kick a little sand on a lone sandfly
Dig a little well for Zoë that will never ever run dry
Dig a little well for Zoë
Dig a little well so deep
Dig it where the Gods who bless these waters
They never, never sleep
Dig a little well for Zoë
Somewhere she can pour a cup
Lay it where the tears of passing seraphim
Will fill the well right up
Cause the parchment earth beneath their wings
Would make the angels cry
Dig a little well for Zoë that will never ever run dry
Dig a little well for Zoë
Dig a little well so deep
Dig it where the Gods who bless these waters
Never, never sleep
Dig a little well for Zoë
Somewhere she can build a dream
Fine as a shiny burnished pebble
Lying in the bed of a mountain stream
Though she's bound for a mighty river
That carries her away to an endless sky
Dig a little well for Zoë that will never, ever run dry
Dig a little well for Zoë
Dig a little well so deep
Dig it where the Gods who bless these waters
They never, never sleep
Dig a little well for Zoë
Dig a little well so deep
Dig it where the Gods who bless these waters
Never, never sleep
