The Undiscovered Country - Rosanne Cash

All those who go before us

The mothers and the kings

Shakespeare and my father

Who kick dust up in my dreams

If you’re too close to the voices

You can stray far from the track

So goodbye, my friends

It’s my turn to won’t look back

The ghosts have had their moment

Now they fade into the sun

Shining like a carousel

When summer’s just begun

Bonded for their silence

And I threw away the key

Someone’s going down

But it’s not me

All because I’m thankful for what we don’t understand

The undiscovered country between a woman and a man

All those who follow after

Are children who we pledge

To a story of some sailors

Who float beyond the edge

To their

We want them to retire

Just beyond their grasp

And plain desires

The old men never helped us

They took our every vow

Turned them into money

And look where we are now

Waiting for a savior

But she walks alone to sea

And someone’s going down

She went down for me

And still she says she’s thankful for what we don’t understand

The undiscovered country in every woman, every man

Some day will come the questions

With no answers, but we ask

Just the same when we were children

Which was sweet but doesn’t last

From the undiscovered country

We hear the old refrain

The sky is blue

For the few who remain

All because I’m thankful for the things we never planned

The undiscovered country in every woman, every man

Raise a glass, be thankful for what we don’t understand

The undiscovered country between a woman and a man