August Winds (Original Broadway Cast)

August winds are turning

The fishing boats set out upon the sea

I watch till they sail out of sight

The winter follows soon

I watch them drawn into the night

Beneath the August moon

And no one knows I come here

Some things I don’t share

I can’t explain the reason why

It moves me close to tears

Or something in the season’s change

Will turn my head

And find me wandering here

And in my public moments

I here the things I say

But they’re not me

Perhaps I’ll know before I die

Admit that there’s a reason why

I count the boats returning from the sea

I count the boats returning from the sea

Mhmm mmm mhmm

There once was a boy who said he loved me