Wide Lovely Eyes
You wave at the sky with wide lovely eyes
Waves and waves of love goodbye
Through the garden with your secret key
Down the tunnel that leads to the sea
Step onto the beach beneath the iron skies
You wave and wave with your wide lovely eyes
Crystal waves and waves of love
You wave and say goodbye
Your dress sighs with your wide lovely strides
All along the street and lately the stories abound
They’ve dismantled the fun fair and shut down the rides
And they’ve hung the mermaids from the street lights by their hair
With wide lovely eyes you wave at the sky
And me at the high window watching you ride
The waves of blue and the waves of love
You wave and say goodbye
The night expands I am expanding
I watch your hands like butterflies landing
All among the myths and the legends we create
And all the laughing stories we tell our friends
Close the windows clear up the mess it’s getting late
It’s darker and closer to the end
And through the tunnel and down to the sea
And on the pebble beach your laces you untie
And arrange your shoes side by side
You wave and wave with wide lovely eyes
Distant waves and waves of distant love
You wave and say goodbye
