WHERE EARTH DROPS OFF

I walk inside the footsteps

Of those who've gone before

I follow them across the sand

To the edge, where earth drops off

They dance upon the breakers

Where earth and ocean meet

Far out on the jetties

Where the spiny Tautog sleeps

I see them when the moon is full

They dance inside the fog

Their footsteps lead me to the sea

To the edge, where earth drops off

I see them on the beach at night

Moving at the edge of sight

I turn my head and they are gone

Back into the fog

I hear them on the wind at night

From places far away

Far off music fills my dreams

I drift so far away

I am from the ocean deep

With water in my head, I dream

My island drops into the sea

And I stand by her side

The gulls, they laugh each day at dusk

The sun sets on the bay

I sit there on the old pine dock

My thoughts drift far away

They drift upon the rippling sea

The sky has turned to gold

In her arms, she carries me

The ocean that I love

I stand beside the water's edge

With diving terns and gulls

My footsteps lead into the sea

At the edge, where earth drops off.