The Donkey

Lyrics for The Donkey

Caramelia, she fills her baskets Where the river reaches the shore While La Niña combs the horizon for a storm And the others, they nurse their children Where the fishboats sailed at dawn As I look on from the olive grove before sleeping But Caramelia could not be lighter Almost a ghost and less of a rider More like a feather You see, I am just a donkey And I am unloved and unclean But I know that I'll soon see my masters As thеy're being swept out to sеa Yeah, last night the lucky few tramped two-by-two Across the floodplains in the dark The last pair of every beast to live and to breathe Were being sealed inside the ark And then they sailed away to let me pay for All of the misdeeds and the sins Of all who've ever had prayers answered And then seen their ships come in You see I may be a donkey And I'm as tired as I am grey But I've only ever been a beast of burden And I say let it rain, rain, rain, rain Rain harder Harder, harder Harder, harder Harder, harder And Caramelia, you don't make me tired now Ride me like a ghost to where we're all going to go And we're all going forever And Caramelila, do you ever wonder Where this storm is blowing and why that's where we're all going? And we're all going together