Wave-Joe Henry

[00:13.25]I waved to you as my boat was leaving [00:20.28]Hats flew up and everybody cheered [00:26.92]But you turned as I guess someone spoke to you [00:33.34]And in a sea of arms you disappeared [00:40.35]I lived the life of a ragged soldier [00:47.00]The secretary to a rebel king [00:53.92]He kept us drunk and hungry in a jungle [01:00.68]Tangled in the lilies of the scheme [01:07.54]We gambled and we fought with one another [01:14.22]We had no code to give us unity [01:20.69]Most died among us without God or honor [01:27.37]As blood became our faith and currency [01:34.70]But all the while I kept your name beside me [01:41.38]I wrote it but refused it on my tongue [01:48.15]Believing you a song still there inside me [01:54.63]I feared your loss if ever it were sung [02:01.42]I found myself at last upon a shoreline [02:08.11]I booked my passage home and stood in tears [02:14.94]With a bag of apples and a forged passport [02:21.60]The first I'd seen my face in seven years [02:32.00]Now I wonder at the day when I might find you [02:39.17]Appear among the living at your door [02:46.02]Will you have a husband and some children [02:52.79]Will we share a secret anymore [02:59.61]Life is brutal to the weak and sober [03:06.52]Its powers of persuation dark and grave [03:13.05]It pushes its way up to the railing [03:19.42]Then turns its face when you start to wave [03:26.43]Life is brutal to the weak and sober [03:33.43]Its powers of persuation dark and grave [03:40.29]It pushes its way up to the railing [03:46.54]Then turns its face when you start to wave [03:51.71]