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 on 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