Daughter of the Wind and Sea (FAWM 2024-13)

C D G C Oh, daughter of the wind and sea / Will you one day return to me G C A D Beauty, too, lies on the land / With shifting subtleties of sand G C G D As a child on the shore / I never knew there could be more C G C D Than spending days beneath the sun / And watch the flowing river's run G C A D Through mountain heights and aspen grove / Until the day my mind opened G D C D G In tapestries the sunlight wove / I sought to find the river's end REFRAIN G C G D The trail I walked became a road / I learned to live a rover's code C G C D The river always calling clear / Until my journey's end drew near G C A D An ocean endless as the sky / A far horizon held my gaze G D C D G I heard the soaring seagulls cry / Avian hymns of holy praise REFRAIN G C G D I met you dancing on the sand / With tangled hair and shells in hand C G C D You named the flowers growing wild / With laughter that revealed the child G C A D That I should pause my wandering / To learn the endless ocean song G D C D G And send my heart in pondering / The days too short, the nights too long REFRAIN G C G D My love was true, but fell to pride / For man's own heart has it's own tide C G C D And thought the world would secrets show / If I could find the strength to go G C A D You begged me stay, I begged you leave / Knowing not the ocean's hold G D C D G I heard the wind on Autumn's eve / And when I left, the world grew cold REFRAIN G C G D Many years would slowly crawl / Until I had accomplished all C G C D The secrets of this lonely earth / I find to have no special worth G C A D Beauty found in wonders great / Is empty if it is not shared G D C D G To your shore I've come to wait / In grief that cannot be repaired REFRAIN