DISTANT SHIPS

've seen you walking on a distant shore Waiting for a friendly ship to land You'd spot a dot on the horizon, and Start laying welcome mats out in the sand I tried to help you, to build a boat to cross the busy bay It soon overwhelmed you, and then you slapped my hand away The waves will sing their song and so will I Until we both crash on a rocky reef Tell me your secrets and they'll die with me I've got a few that I could never keep It's so hard to tell you, that the ships will never really come Don't live with the promise, of a tune that I could never hum So come away with me, let's leave this land And sail to somewhere on the edge of dreams Pull that anchor up, say "bon voyage" it's not as distant as it used to seem The shore behind us now is in the past We've been pulled as far as winds can blow And though you always ask if we are lost- That is something I might never know