All Ashore - Punch Brothers

Momma cuts like a man-of-war

Through the fog of an early morning

With nothing more than a coffee filling up her sails

A couple sips and she says, I know

I can keep what I started going

She hears the clock tick, the wolf who loiters at the door

Daddy asleep in the bed he made the night before

And so she cuts through the morning like a man-of-war

Daddy burns like a meteor

Through a night of his own diversions

Hoping to blaze half a second of a glowing trail

Pours rum on his weary heart

Says, hey, I’m closer than when I started

He hears the clock tick, the wolf who loiters at the door

Momma tossing and turning through the coming storm

And so he burns through diversions like a meteor

Oh, there’s a lot to learn

One puts into port

Lowers a rowboat and grabs an oar

Singing, all ashore that’s going ashore

One falls back to earth

Leaves a crater on the bedroom floor

Singing, love, I know I promised more than this

Momma cuts through the morning like a man-of-war

Daddy burns through diversions like a meteor

And so they use another like a guiding star

And how I watch as they wonder where and what they are

I reflect like a troubadour

The ebb and flow of their hope and worry

In every verse of living, breathing fairy tale

As Momma rises and Daddy sets

Just like they have since the night I met them

I hear the clock tick, the wolf who loiters at the door

And whatever else they decide to fight about and for

As I reflect, hope, and worry like a troubadour

Oh, there’s a lot to learn

One puts into port

Lowers a rowboat and grabs an oar

Singing, all ashore that’s going ashore

One falls back to earth

Leaves a crater on the bedroom floor

Singing, love, I don’t need any more than this