John Hiatt OCEAN

Ocean I am the west wind I am the sea gull I dance on the waves As they break on the shore line The moon is my sorrow The moon is my lantern I searched for you so long These dark lonely beaches Oh where can you be? This restless sea These empty nights Have swallowed me Looking for something Softer illusion To soothe these vicious schemes Where is the Old one The Wise one, the Bold one Who guide the sailor’s dream I am the hunger The ache of affliction I nestle in bones That you left for the vultures Death is my secret The child my illusion And life is the suffering That brings men to know me and Oh, where can you be? This raging age This rotting life This mistery Lost in your body The cave of your screaming Longing to be free When you have broken The spine of your madness Come over here to me Album: Hangin’ Around the Observatory (1974)