Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Wave , by - Joe Henry. Release date: 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 |