The Lighthouse

I'll build a house of water

I'm searching high and low

Underneath the waves

Where they hit the rocky shore

Out by the lighthouse

Heard nature say, "I'm sorry

For the stones and trees down below

For those who tumble in God's name to an early grave

Into the sea and foam like ships tossed in a storm"

And I'm standing all alone

Out by the lighthouse

I'll build a house of paper

Covered with words I could read

She had to teach me what to say

But every year we stayed

Out by the lighthouse

I'll build a house so level

With seven walls long and true

The day we raised that roof up high

Unto the fading light

We sang the whole night through

No one needed proof

And I could see the moon

Out by the lighthouse