Down in the Water

Keep my mind Down in the water where I bathe and let it Steep my mind Down in the water I have been a fool for shame Like a sunburnt lover of the far-away But when you come home waving all your tourist claims The gate falls where you would go Keep my mind Down in the ocean where I played and keep it Down deep in time Down in the water Draw my eye to center stage To the little ghost who wears my name And keep it there until the white lights fade To blue and red and back again Like a coward, like a fool I've been washing away Every scar, every bruise on my face Down to, down to the bottom Keep my mind Down in the water where I bathe and let it Steep my mind Down in the water