Just let the abandoned grass
Fade till tomorrows light
I’ve been gone too long it seems
And I see myself up here tight in the wind like a kite
I tried hard to waste this time
I drank in the Prodigal’s room
Just follow the embers
Out to the endless tide and gloom
So let me face up this time
And stand with your heart in my hand
If I had pled innocent
Played a fool in the dock would the ocean have changed her commands?
Well, I’d had my hands tied before
But never so goddamn tight
They said I was wanted for…
Said it could never be me, I was with you on that night.
Your father came to the bars
Whispered I’d be hanging soon
He gave them gold for my sacred word
To step on the planks and ride any wind far from you.
So let me face up this time
And stand with your heart in my hand
If I had pled innocent
Played a fool in the dock would the ocean have changed her commands?
Did I sometimes fade in
Like some morning machine
As you watched the skyline
Your face to the wind as it dried out your wet memories?
Did hills fade to shadows
As you closed our book?
I wished you more than this
Wished you garlands and bands and bells pealing loud donnybrook
All this and diamonds
All this ripped from that space in your heart
When I took the easy path
My face to the wind and my course pinned with maps, stars and charts
So let me face up this time
And stand with your heart in my hand
If I had pled innocent
Played a fool in the dock would the ocean have changed her commands?
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