It’s always cold on Quarry Island
When winter comes to call
Watch the sun rise over the harbour
Marvel at it all
25 years flew like an arrow
Soaring through the frozen dawn
There’s love here still
So come get your fill
Before it’s gone
Cause it won’t be long
Till you go back home
And all the languages you’re speaking
Couldn’t quite express
These shouts of joy and roaring laughter
A happy Christmas mess
There’s been good times,
There’s been bad times,
It’s been a long year
But now everybody’s smiling
and everyone’s here
So call em all into the kitchen
Make the most of it
Cause 25 years flew like an arrow
Soaring through the frozen dawn
There’s love here still
So come get your fill
Before it’s gone
Cause it won’t be long
Till they go back home
Rack up the phone bill calling names and faces that
Couldn’t be around
Time keeps moving on through generations
(and) We can’t slow it down
See 25 years flew like an arrow
Soaring through the frozen dawn
There’s love here still
And there always will be…
25 years flew like an arrow
Soaring through the frozen dawn
There’s love here still
So come get your fill
Cause life goes on
And it won’t be long
Till you go back home
credits
released December 26, 2014
Music & Lyrics by Kate MacLean, SOCAN
Performed and Recorded by Kate MacLean and Curtis Murphy
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