The Hardest Word Lyrics - Kirsty Maccoll

With me in the valley, you out on the hill 

I can just see you if I close my eyes 

Climbing those mountains, I picture you still 

I see your smile just as I see the sunrise 

This land is ancient, it's built out of bones 

At war with each other, the mother, the father 

The sisters, the brothers, the daughters and sons 

Be kind to each other, your father, your mother 

On the horizon the eagles are flying 

And I mean no more than a cloud in the sky 

I never know if I'm laughing or crying 

The hardest word is the word goodbye 

Teach me the old ways, I'm ready to learn 

Be kind to the sister, be kind to the brother 

The writer, the singer, the poet, the clown 

Be good to the man and be kind to them all 

And we are ancient, built from bones 

Make time for the young and make time for the old 

Be kind to each other, oh, that's what I know 

Be kind to the mothers, daughters and sons 

The true and the great and the scared and the small 

Be kind to each other, be kind to them all 

Forgive our indignity as we forgive yours 

As I am the mother, you are the father 

Entwined in each other now and forever 

The fathers of daughters, the mothers of sons 

Forever and ever and ever as one 

As we are the fathers, we are the sons 

And we are the daughters, the mothers and brothers 

Forever and ever and ever as one