The Captain and the Mermaid

There’s a cold wind tonight It scratches my face, burns my nose Chills the marrow in my bones But I don’t shiver My stance remains the same I close my eyes It’s loud tonight The howl of the wind rushes past Back and forth the waters crash And one sweet siren… I pick her notes out of the roaring ambience And suddenly I’m far Far away from here Dancing beneath the moonlit water Immersed in her life, her hair, her voice No battles to fight, no gold to unearth Nothing in the world but us and the sea My hat has blown off There’s a cold wind tonight It threatens to numb my hands and face But she sings And I am warm