Footprints - Bill Callahan

Oh oh oh

Oh oh oh

Last summer’s footprints are walkin'

Walkin' dove, walkin' dove walkin' dove walkin' dove

Through last summer’s sand

A dove, walkin' dove walkin' dove walkin' dove

And where the footprints end

Where the footprints end

What happened then

Where the footprints end?

Was not a wave that swallowed them

No, a gust of wind that did them so

No, where the footprints end

We must have flown!

Yea, we must have flown

Over tempting sea

And we must have flown

Heavy earth and air

Our heart and brain

Lookin' at rings

The sea above

The sky below

We must have flown

Where the footprints end

And when we realize we can’t fly

Will we say, «do you think

We must have danced up into the sky»?

Last summer’s footprints are walkin'

Walkin' dove, walkin' dove, walkin' dove, walkin' dove

Through last summer’s sand