Oh father come to the window Look over yonder lake At the wondrous golden city Beyond the icy wake In my short life we've passed this way Ten times or more And never did this city Rise up on that far shore That's the Sun son, shining on the water It's not Cairo, New York or Rome And just a matter of hours before you see your mama Waiting for you back at home Big buildings at it's centre Stand ablaze with light While lesser spires around these Entrap the beams in flight Oh look now I see people With faces small and fine And in their midst just staring A boy's face like mine That's the Sun son, shining on the water It's not Cairo, New York or Rome And just a matter of hours before you see your mama Waiting for you back at home The Sun was shrinking 'cause night was falling And the boy went off to sleep His wondrous city vanished Into the icy deep The Moon was rising 'cause night had fallen And all was as before As we made our way past the countless pines On the cold lake's northern shore That's the Sun son, shining on the water It's not Cairo, New York or Rome And just a matter of hours Before you see your mama Waiting for you back at home