Surprise View from Home Waters by Sam Carter

On Surprise View on a clear day
When the sky opens wide
I can almost hear her breathing by my side

So I come here every summer
And I walk on till I stand
Where we’d lay down in the heather
Where I asked for her hand

And it’s how I’ll always see her
In a pair of walking boots
Soaking in the morning sun
Up on Surprise View

Now her old boots line the hallway
Gathering dust, laces loose
In the same place since the day she heard the news

I was shaking and the sunrise
Was the last thing on my mind
But she asked me if I’d drive her
To Surprise View one last time

And it’s how I’ll always see her
In a pair of walking boots
Soaking in the morning sun
Up on Surprise View

As the sun sinks and I’m leaving
I think back to those days
Though she’s gone now she’s not missing
’Cos I know where she stays

• English folk
• Folk
• acoustic
• folk rock
• indie folk
• singer-songwriter
• Sheffield