Gentle was the tide breaking in foreign sky; Beside the moon there were echoes of this home Broken were the streets, concrete river beneath his feet Cracked and cratered and whispering all alone
Bleeding through the blinds was the moonlight and the lights Crossing over and finding a young man’s eyes Lost was the might of that young man on that night Looking for where the sea met the sky
Oh, sally forth my love I adore you more and more As each day the rocks are around him, on the shore I wait beside the lighthouse every night in my home I am here, waiting for a turn
Shallow was the one in the crack on the tile As she dropped a bottle, frightened by the cry of the wind “He will come in time,” she would say, once in a while And she hoped that the screen door would sing again
Soft was the light, hanging down beside the night In the kitchen streaks of plaster lay still cracked Lost was the might of the women on that night For the earth had taken that blue sea and turned it to black
Oh, sally forth my love I adore you more and more As each day the rocks are around him, on the shore I wait beside the lighthouse every night in my home I am here, waiting for a turn
Oh, sally forth My love, I adore you more and more As each day the rocks are around him, on the shore I wait beside the lighthouse every night In my home, I am here, waiting for a turn In my home, I am here, waiting for a turn