Calypso

My name is calypso And i have lived alone I live on an island And i waken to the dawn A long time ago I watched him struggle with the sea I knew that he was drowning And i brought him into me Now today Come morning light He sails away After one last night I let him go. My name is calypso My garden overflows Thick and wild and hidden Is the sweetness there that grows My hair it blows long As i sing into the wind My name is calypso And i have lived alone I live on an island I tell of nights Where i could taste the salt on his skin Salt of the waves And of tears And though he, pulled away I kept him here for years I let him go My name is calypso I have let him go In the dawn he sails away To be gone forever more And the waves will take him in again But he'll know their ways now I will stand upon the shore With a clean heart And my song in the wind The sand will sting my feet And the sky will burn It's a lonely time ahead I do not ask him to return I let him go I let him go