Ripples - Steve Hackett

Blue girls come in every size

Some are wise and some otherwise

They got pretty blue eyes

For an hour a man may change

For an hour her face looks strange

Looks strange, looks strange

Marching to the promised land

Where the honey flows

And takes you by the hand

Pulls you down on your knees

While you’re down a pool appears

The face in the water looks up

And she shakes her head as if to say

That it’s the last time you’ll look like today

Sail away, away

Ripples never come back

Gone to the other side

Sail away, away

The face that launched a thousand ships

Is sinking fast, that happens you know

The water gets below, seems not very long ago

Lovelier she was than any that I know

Angels never know it’s time

To close the book

And gracefully decline

The song has found a tale

My, what a jealous pool is she

The face in the water looks up

She shakes her head as if to say

That the blue girls have all gone away

Sail away, away

Ripples never come back

They’ve gone to the other side

Look into the pool, ripples never come back

Dive to the bottom and go to the top

To see where they have gone

They’ve gone to the other side

Sail away, away

Ripples never come back

Gone to the other side

Look into the pool, the ripples never come back, come back

Dive to the bottom and go to the top

To see where they have gone

They’ve gone to the other side

Ripples never come back

Sail away, away

Sail away, away

Ripples never come back