Sea Calls

Mister, when he kissed her In a rowboat late that night Hidden ground where he shaped that mound Five years alone at night Sister, blackest fox fur Wait still with all of your might In golden grass watching seasons pass Five years alone at night And the trees fall and the sea calls Waves bring us back the bits And you raise walls and you hoist logs And you build a home out of it Bright night, moon at twilight On two lonely ones down by the shore Scuffling sound where her paws hit ground A wild one waiting no more Sister, when first he saw her A dark shape, her eyes bright with fright But as she came, as though she once were tame His hands found a woman in the night And the trees fall and the sea calls Waves bring us back the bits And you raise walls and you hoist logs And you build a home out of it Mister, when he kissed her In a rowboat late that night On rolling seas, house glowing through the trees Oh simplest life, our gifts of the night And the trees fall and the sea calls Waves bring us back the bits And you raise walls and you hoist logs And you build a home out of it Out of it You build a home out it Trees fall and the sea calls On the shore Trees fall and the sea calls On the shore