Early riser rakes the embers

To wake the fire that lights December

In the silver morning silence I remember

There's a gentler living that I once knew

Call me up and call me over

To be a tender kind of soldier

And it's all that I can do to be bolder

In my smoldering youth

And I wanna be there

Drifting off, all worries lost to salty air

And I wanna be there

Rolling soft across the water, calm and fair

Call me up and call me over

To offer arms and ears and shoulders

As the days space and late calls draw us closer

I get older like you

Time has tried and called us turn true

Still, I'm more a child when I am with you

We've seen skies of little fires, of gray of clear blue

Oh, the home in me is home in you too

And I wanna be there

Drifting off, all worries lost to salty air

And I wanna be there

Rolling soft across the water, calm and fair