She feels you calling
Though she can't see you
She hears you singing away
Though she can't hear you
Don't hide your love
Though you hide yourself away
For in time your love
May come your way

Though they surround you
You must believe that
It's your song that pierces the night
And soon you'll see that
She heard your call
The others melt away
Above them all she'll come your way

Yes there's singing in the tall grass
Or some unearthly sound
She hears him through the dusky light
He waits to be found
I sat out on my porch tonight
In the heat after the rain
And the singing in the tall grass
Was such a sweet refrain

Pacific Coastline

Singing in the Tall Grass

I saw her hang in the air right above me
Oh such a magnificent sight to see
Watch out all around, take cover, hit the ground
All you little creatures because she's not looking for me

She's silent, gliding on pockets of warm air
She's deadly, so show yourself now if you dare
You can't escape those eyes, and now you realise
That your running is futile, but hide and you might be spared

She's the queen of the skies
So don't you be surprised
When you hear that piercing cry break through the air
But the queen of the skies
Has often been despised
But all I see is grace beyond compare

I thought I would climb up to see her just once more
She glides by in the way that she did before
But then she was gone, seen something to dive upon
And in the blink of an eye she's down on the canyon floor

Queen of the Skies

Stood in the sand as the tide rolls in
And the breakers break over me
How high they climb
How loud they roar

Feeling the spray as they chip away
At the coastline and bring ashore
Such beautiful shells
And smoothly rounded stones

There's some moon pull in motion
All over the ocean
Just taking control of the tide
That rocking and reeling
Got such a good feeling
Oh take me along for the ride

It's just a thought
Could these be some waves I've seen somewhere before?
On a beach so far away

Breakers

There are clouds in the valley below
As far as the eye can see
No I don't know which way to go
So don't follow me

Follow the stream
As it goes down to the sea

Now the forest stands tall around us
Whichever way we turn
It'd be a miracle if they ever found us
So we must learn

To follow the stream
As it goes down to the sea

It's a long, long way that it trickles on down
It's a long, long way that it's flowing on down
It's a long, long way that it's running on down
It's a long, long way that it's running on down
Down to the sea

Follow the Stream

Butterfly over the ocean
In and out of sight
Go where you please
Or where the breeze
Takes you on into the night

From the northern fields
Heed the southern call
Tender as the leaves
Golden as they fall

Resting up a while
Then gone the next day
Find the autumn sun
Down Mexico way

Chorus

Butterfly (Over the Ocean)

On a Pacific coastline thing
Yeah I'd better keep moving along
But in the shade of such a mighty king
Feel like nothing could ever go wrong

And for a thousand years or more
They've been standing guard in the west
How many people stood in awe?
How many quietly sat and confessed?

Oh mighty redwood tree
Watch over me
As I travel on to the rocky shores
If you've got my back well then I'll get yours
But it breaks my heart to know that I
Am a fleeting moment passing by
But while I sit with you I feel so good inside
Yes while I sit with you I feel I'll never die

For when the sun burns up my face
Or my load starts dragging me down
Well now I know that I've got a place
I can rest and never be found

And in the shade now all is calm
And it feel like times stands still
But when the songbirds sound the alarm
If I must move on then I will

Chorus

Mighty Redwood Tree

Childlike wonder at travelling through North America for the first time.

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