Sailing Away - River Whyless

Woman, woman, sailing away

Woman, woman, sailing away

I saw your footprints press in the clay

Now I watch them, watch them wash in the wake

And now, and now, and now you go

And now, and now, and now you go

And here I lie alive

My lungs reluctant

Waves pulling, pulling, pulling, pulling on my skin

Woman, woman, sailing away

Woman, woman, sailing away

I sat here a long time

Watching the sun fall

Wondering what you’d say

If you said anything at all

And I cut a trail in the cemetery fog

And I’m calling, calling your name in the dark

And now, and now, and now you go

(And now, and now, and now you go)

And now, and now, and now you go

(And now, and now, and now you go)

And here I lie alive

My lungs reluctant

Waves pulling, pulling, pulling, pulling on my skin

Woman, woman, sailing away

Woman, woman, sailing away

I saw your footprints press in the clay

Now I watch, watch them wash in the wake