Looking at the water's edge, thinking of the year gone by Look at my face, see the childhood that's no longer there It went to Sydney, and I never got to say goodbye I write him letters when I can Buttons first on suburbs, then we all moved into the city Collapsing tin over our heads, and frozen chips for dinner We danced on Sunday mornings, we stubbed our toes on broken ash trays Winter came, the three of us were freezing there And then the rain fell down into the sea And she baptised me in all her dreams And as she held me there, I was so free For one year of my life We never meant to hurt nobody, we never meant to change It seems that our discoveries would cast them off like second skin The guilt stung in our wounds, and they tried to tear them open Clumsy hands, they couldn't stop us healing soon And then the rain fell down into the sea And she baptised me in all her dreams And as she held me there, I was so free For one year of my life You know I wonder why they hate me from so far away You know I wonder if they'll talk to me on judgement day You know I wonder if they'll take my hands, I wonder if they'll scream Lord, we were happy, drinking, smoking, we'd sit and watch the rain fall down Into the sea And she baptised me in all her dreams And as she held me there, I was so free For one year of my life And then the rain fell down into the sea And she baptised me in all her dreams And as she held me there, I was so free For one year of my life