Dick Valentine — Water Witches

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Hey!

As the daylight abates, I fold your picture away
For tonight, there is no moon to give me light
For my captain, he waits for me to come out to play
And succumb to water witches in the night

But I saw one in the afternoon
On the starboard side of my mind
She responded in kind to my mariner’s tune
And we dined all night on brine and wine

We always said we’d be coming back home
My love, I’ll see you then
We always said we’d be coming back home
My love, I never said when
My love, I never said when
Hey!

Now we’re taking on water but the shore’s just inside
If we can’t make it back to Brighton, hope will do
But the Siren has a daughter
Her song echoes through the night
Another postcard, I’ll be writing home to you

‘Cause I saw one off the coast of France
And she would not take no for an answer
She said, «I need a partner for my devious dance
And I believe I’ve found my dancer»

And we always said we’d be coming back home
My love, I’ll see you then
We always said we’d be coming back home
My love, I never said when
My love, I never said when

It seems these old adages exist for a reason
There’s rum down below and enough whiskey for a shot
And bandages kept here for the crabbing season
My word, these rocks are so much bigger than I ever thought

There’s songs of women and songs of the sea
And my captain, he takes credit for them all
As the moonlight’s dimming, it occurs to me
The water witches have silenced all their calls

But I still hear ’em as I walk through the rivers
Of the valleys and the mountains I haunt
Their resonant timbers pass away with my shivers
What more could a dancer want?

We always said we’d be coming back home
My love, I’ll see you then
We always said we’d be coming back home
My love, I never said when
My love, I never said when

(We always said we’d be coming back home)
Yeah-yeah! (We always said we’d be coming back home)