The Boatma

Now that mountains of meaningless words
And oceans divide us
And we each have our own set of stars
To comfort and guide us
Come into my sleep
Come into my sleep, oh yeah
Dry your eyes and do not weep
Come into my sleep


Swim to me through the deep blue sea
Upon the scattered stars set sail
Fly to me through this love-lit night
From one thousand miles away
And come into my sleep
Come into my sleep oh yeah
As midnight nears and shadows creep
Come into my sleep


Bind my dreams up in your tangled hair
For i am sick at heart, my dear
Bind my dreams up in your tangled hair
For all the sorrow it will pass, my dear


Take your accusation, your recriminations
And toss them into the ocean blue
Leave your regrets and impossible longings
And scatter them across the sky behind you
And come into my sleep
Come into my sleep
For my soul to comfort and keep
Come into my sleep


For my soul to comfort and keep - my sleep


Come on,
Come on,
Come on,
(repeat and fade)

For you dear, i was born
For you i was raised up
For you i've lived and for you i will die
For you i am dying now
You were my mad little lover
In a world where everybody fucks everybody else over
You who are so far from me
Far from me
So far from me
Way across some cold neurotic sea
Far from me


I would talk to you of all matter of things
With a smile you would reply
Then the sun would leave your pretty face
And you'd retreat from the front of your eyes
I keep hearing that you're doing best
I hope your heart beats happy in your infant breast
You are so far from me
Far from me
Far from me


There is no knowledge but i know it
There's nothing to learn from that vacant voice
That sails to me across the line
From the ridiculous to the sublime
It's good to hear you're doing so well
But really can't you find somebody else that you can ring and tell
Did you ever
Care for me?
Were you ever
There for me?
So far from me


You told me you'd stick by me
Through the thick and through the thin
Those were your very words
My fair-weather friend
You were my brave-hearted lover
At the first taste of trouble went running back to mother
So far from me
Far from me
Suspended in your bleak and fishless sea
Far from me
Far from me

I don't believe in an interventionist god
But i know, darling, that you do
But if i did i would kneel down and ask him
Not to intervene when it came to you
Not to touch a hair on your head
To leave you as you are
And if he felt he had to direct you
Then direct you into my arms


Into my arms, o lord
Into my arms, o lord
Into my arms, o lord
Into my arms


And i don't believe in the existence of angels
But looking at you i wonder if that's true
But if i did i would summon them together
And ask them to watch over you
To each burn a candle for you
To make bright and clear your path
And to walk, like christ, in grace and love
And guide you into my arms


Into my arms, o lord
Into my arms, o lord
Into my arms, o lord
Into my arms


And i believe in love
And i know that you do too
And i believe in some kind of path
That we can walk down, me and you
So keep your candlew burning
And make her journey bright and pure
That she will keep returning
Always and evermore

Into my arms, o lord
Into my arms, o lord
Into my arms, o lord
Into my arms

Last night my kisses were banked in black hair
And in my bed, my lover, her hair was midnight black
And all her mystery dwelled within her black hair
And her black hair framed a happy heart-shaped face


And heavy-hooded eyes inside her black hair
Shined at me frome the depths of her hair of deepest black
While my fingers pushed into her straight black hair
Pulling her black hair back from her happy heart-shaped face


To kiss her milk-white throat, a dark curtain of black hair
Smothered me, my lover with her beautiful black hair
The smell of it is heavy. it is charged with life
On my fingers the smell of her deep black hair


Full of all my whispered words, her black hair
And wet with tears and good-byes, her hair of deepest black
All my tears cried against her milk-white throat
Hidden behind the curtain of her beautiful black hair


As deep as ink and black, black as the deepest sea
The smell of her black hair upon my pillow
Where her head and all its black hair did rest
Today she took a train to the west
Today she took a train to the west
Today she took a train to the west

You found me at some party
You thought i'd understand
You barreled over to me
With a drink in each hand
I respect your beliefs, girl,
And i consider you a friend,
But i've already been born once,
I don't wanna to be born again.


Your knowledge is impressive
And your argument is good
But i am the resurrection, babe,
And you're standing on my foot!


But my little boat is empty
It don't go
And my oar is broken
It don't row, row, row
But my little boat is empty
It don't go
And my oar is broken
It don't row, row, row
(row!)


Your tiny little face
Keeps yapping in the gloom
Seven steps behind me
With your dustpan and broom.
I couldn't help but imagine you
All postured and prone
But there's a little guy on my shoulder
Says i should go home alone.
You keep leaning in on me
And you're looking pretty pissed
That grave you've dug between your legs
Is hard to resist.


But my little boat is empty
It don't go
And my oar is broken
It don't row, row, row
But my little boat is empty
It don't go
And my oar is broken
It don't row, row, row


Give to god what belongs to god
And give the rest to me
Tell our gracious host to fuck himself
It's time for us to leave.


But my little boat is empty
It don't go
And my oar is broken
It don't row, row, row
But my little boat is empty
It don't go
And my oar is broken
It don't row, row, row
Row...row...row...row...

Babe i got you bad
Dreaming blood-wet dreams
Only madmen have
Baby i got you bad
I wish to god i never had
And it makes me feel so sad,
O, baby i got you bad
Yeah, babe i got you bad


I long for your kiss,
For the turn of your mouth
Your body is a long thing
Heading south
And i don't know what i'm talking about
All of my words have gone mad
Ah, baby i got you bad


Seasons have gone wrong
And i lay me down in a bed of snow
Darling, since you've been gone
Well my hands, they don't know where to go
And all of my teeth are bared,
I got you so much i'm scared
Ah, baby i got you bad


With the sweep of my hand
I undid all the plans
That explode at the moment i kissed you
On your small hot mouth
And your caramel limbs
That are hymns to the glory that is you.
Look at me darlin' it's sad sad sad
Look at me darlin' it's sad sad sad
Baby i got you bad


Smoke bilowing from the bridges
And the rivers we swim in are boiling
My hands are reaching for you everywhere
But you're not there, or you're recoiling
And a weary moon dangles from a cloud
Oh honey, i know it's not allowed
To say i got you bad.


I got you bad...
I got you bad...
I got you bad...
(repeat and fade)

The boatman calls from the lake
A lone loon dives upon the water
I put my hand over her
Down in the lime tree arbour


The wind in the trees is whispering
Whispering low that i love her
She puts her hand over mine
Down in the lime tree arbour


Through every breath that i breathe
And every place i go
There is hand that protects me
And i do love her so


There will always be suffering
It flows through life like water
I put my hand over hers
Down in the lime tree arbour


The boatman he has gone
And the loons have flown for cover
She puts her hand over mine
Down in the lime tree arbour


Through every word that i speak
And every thing i know
There is hand that protects me
And i do love her so

I've felt you coming girl, as you drew near
I knew you'd find me, cause i longed you here
Are you my desitiny? is this how you'll appear?
Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes?
Well take that coat babe, and throw it on the floor
Are you the one that i've been waiting for?


As you've been moving surely toward me
My soul has comforted and assured me
That in time my heart it will reward me
And that all will be revealed
So i've sat and i've watched an ice-age thaw
Are you the one that i've been waiting for?


Out of sorrow entire worlds have been built
Out of longing great wonders have been willed
They're only little tears, darling, let them spill
And lay your head upon my shoulder
Outside my window the world has gone to war
Are you the one that i've been waiting for?


O we will know, won't we?
The stars will explode in the sky
O but they don't, do they?
Stars have their moment and then they die


There's a man who spoke wonders though i've never met him
He said, "he who seeks finds and who knocks will be let in"
I think of you in motion and just how close you are getting
And how every little thing anticipates you
All down my veins my heart-strings call
Are you the one that i've been waiting for?