Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Wave, artist - Joe Henry.
Date of issue: 10.09.2007
Song language: English
Wave |
I waved to you as my boat was leaving |
Hats flew up and everybody cheered |
But you turned as I guess someone spoke to you |
And in a sea of arms you disappeared |
I lived the life of a ragged soldier |
The secretary to a rebel king |
He kept us drunk and hungry in a jungle |
Tangled in the lilies of his scheme |
We gambled and we fought with one another |
We had no code to give us unity |
Most died among us without God or honor |
As blood became our faith and currency |
And all the while I kept your name beside me |
I wrote it, but refused it on my tongue |
Believing you a song still there inside me |
I feared your loss if ever it were sung |
I found myself at last upon a shoreline |
I booked my passage home and stood in tears |
With a bag of apples and a forged passport |
-The first I’d seen my face in seven years… |
Now I wonder at the day when I might find you |
Appear among the living at your door |
Will you have a husband and some children? |
Will we share a secret anymore? |
Life is brutal to the weak and sober |
Its powers of persuasion dark and grave |
Lt pushes its way up to the railing |
Then turns its face when you start to wave |