Once there was a day when I could see

a cloudy sky

and smile for hours into your eyes.

Once there was a time that I could close

my eyes at the sound of the ocean.

Once there was a place that I was at home

in your skies,

and in your eyes,

but now I’m swimming through this

skyless sea…

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There was a time that the sand under

my feet was

like a heaven to be with you.

There was a day that you looked at me

and said that

you would never leave me—

not even for the ocean.

But now we’re going separate ways,

like a car passing the starlings in the trees.

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Oh, Lucy, what have I done wrong?

Can I still sing your song?

This lullaby needs a baby—

and I want you to be mine.

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Lucy, can I sing you to sleep?

Can we go back to being

like a dance on the beach?

Lucy, it’s time to bring me home—

have you forgotten?

You laid me out to dry.

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Oh, Lucy, what have you done wrong?

Everything, and now you’re gone—

this lullaby lost its baby…

and baby, I lost mine.

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Lucy, I’ll sing you to sleep…

A touch on the cheek and I remember

that last dance on the beach…

Lucy, it’s time to bring you home—

I haven’t forgotten…

I’m dry—all except my eyes.