The Lighthouse

I'll build a house - of water

I'm searching high - and low

Underneath the waves

Where they hit the rocky shore

Out by the lighthouse

Heard nature say

"I'm sorry -

For stones and trees down below

For those who tumble in God's name

To an early grave

Into the sea and foam

Like ships tossed in a storm"

And I'm standing all alone

Out by the lighthouse

I'll build a house - of paper

Covered with words I could read

She had to teach me what to say

But every year we stayed

Out by the lighthouse

I'll build a house - so level

With seven walls - long and true

The day we raised that roof up high

Unto the fading light

We sang the whole night through

No one needed proof

And I could see the moon

Out by the lighthouse