Paul Hebert

Lyrics

It's a hot and soggy day in this marina
I'm sweating out the fact you're gone for good
The halyards barely clank in an undecided breeze
While the water slaps on fiberglass and wood

[chorus]
all my life I've lived upon the water
in the rivers 'round Manhattan,
on the ocean by the bay
Floating o'er the top
of the water's changing mood
drifting undisturbed until today.

[verse 2]
I watched two egrets fold into the marsh grass
the uncut lawn can't hide them from my view
I want to want you someplace else
I guess I'm out of luck myself
Can't think, can't find a way to stop
the pain of missing you.

[instrumental break]





[verse 3]
These boats they all sit quiet at their moorings
The air is still beneath a slab of gray
I'm alone here on the foredeck
and the tide is going out
while the horizon bleeds the color from my day



[chorus]
All my life I've lived upon the water
in the rivers 'round manhattan,
on the ocean by the bay
Floating o'er the top
of the water's changing mood
drifting undisturbed until today.