Clear Water

I want clear water from here to the horizon

I want some calm seas for the journey still ahead

Fair weather as we head for the skyline

Clear sky in the morning and every sunset red

I want clear water as we sail out to the head

All I want to hear is the ripple from the bow

Let us be at ease now and know our true position

Like a compass to the star, like a team hooked to the plough

And as for all the history, best it's left unwritten

Few would believe if we told all we have seen

Comedy and tragedy have come along unbidden

They are the port and starboard that we sail in between

I want clear water for each new destination

And if the storm should break, we will take it in our stride

We rode out the tempest when the clouded stars were hidden

And the rising of the moon proved to be a fickle guide

And if we hear the timbers creak, we'll be give and take

Voices from outside, we know our craft is strong

As long as we can speak without raising our voices

The music of the storm is in the guardian of the song

At night upon the deck I want to feel the salty spray

Like warm tears on my face for the passing of the day

And I watch the wheeling star 'til the light breaks in the east

May the journey never end, let us be at peace

I want clear water from here to the horizon

Maybe scarred and feathered, but who'd say we were wrong

The journey not the goal was the only thing that mattered

While the wounds you thought had healed can still be opened by a song

I want clear water from here to the horizon

I want some calm seas for the journey still ahead

Fair weather as we head for the skyline

Clear sky in the morning and every sunset red

A clear sky in the morning and every sunset red