Lyric

On the hill of my hometown sky

Stands a house where the white roofs shine

Laundry waves as the breezes sigh

Like your hands once waving mine

Your evening voice through the line

Softly trembles, fading slow

You say, “I’m fine, don’t you cry,”

But my heart still won’t let go

Oh, my mother, distant light

You’re alone through winter nights

When I think of you, I pray

Stars will guide you where you lay

In that town so far away

Heaven keeps your gentle flame

Oh, my mother, distant light

Shine on me the same

Seasons pass and I delay

Promises that fade to grey

Lost beneath my busy days

Guilt is all that seems to stay

In my drawer your knitted scarf

Still holds warmth from long ago

Every thread becomes your arms

When I’m feeling low

Oh, my mother, distant light

Does your smile still feel the same?

I call louder through the night

Whisper softly through your name

And the wind that knows your hair

Still caresses you with care

Oh, my mother, distant light

Shine until I’m there

If I could turn back the time

I’d hold your hands in mine

Underneath that leaving sky

Where I said goodbye

Oh, my mother, distant light

Words I never learned to say

When the cherry blooms in spring

I’ll be home that day

Till that dawn when skies are clear

Keep your window burning near

Oh, my mother, distant light

Wait for me, my dear

On that hill your window glows

And my heart still knows —

That’s my home