I've been waitin' on the fault line   Let the needle take me on   I'll be standing with my dyin' bell   If you care to come along      Racin' with the risin' tide to my father's door   Racin' with the risin' tide to my father's door      I've been lyin' in the bright lights   See my shadow from below   Never wanted from another man   Never wanted from my own      Drownin' in the risin' tide in my father's door   Drownin' in the risin' tide in my father's door      Through a window to the last mile   Little picture on the wall   From the banks to the far side   See the lights come ashore      Racin' from the risin' tide to my father's door   Racin' from the risin' tide to my father's door   Racin' with the risin' tide to my father's door