Come When I Call

Mmm Two Three mmm or

I was a little boat

Out where the water grows

Waving my little hands

Nobody sees

I had a tiny cry

I threw it into the sky

It fell like a paper bird

Back into me

So I learned the waves

And I learned the walls

I learned to need

Nothing at all

Come when I call, come when I call

I learned not to call at all

Come when I call, come when I call

I learned not to call

Oh, the sea was wide

And the night was long

So I made a home

Where the need was gone

Come when I call, come when I call

I learned not to call at all

First I was sweet and small

Then I was tears and noise

Then I was quiet as

Quiet could be

Nothing was left to try

Nothing but closing my eyes

Nothing but letting the dark

Carry me

And my little bones

Kept the siren sound

Long after my heart

Had shut it down

Come when I call, come when I call

I learned not to call at all

Come when I call, come when I call

I learned not to call

Oh, the sea was wide

And the night was long

So I made a home

Where the need was gone

Come when I call, come when I call

I learned not to call at all

Now you bring me water

Now you bring me bread

You say, "You can have this"

And I fill with dread

Because wanting is a doorway

And kindness is a key

And somewhere there’s a baby

Still waiting in the sea

So sit beside the shoreline

Don’t pull me from the blue

Let me learn in little waves

That I can reach for you

Come when I call, come when I call

Maybe I can call after all

Come when I call, come when I call

Stay if I call

Oh, the sea is wide

But the night moves on

Maybe there is room

For the need to belong

Come when I call, come when I call

Stay when I call

(Stay when I call)

Stay when I call

Stay

Stay

Stay

Stay