Song Description

Sweet pensive meditation on absent friends and loved ones.

Lyrics

I walk down to the ocean
not long after dark
let the waves whisper to me
and look at the stars
I learned their names
and constellations long ago
but I see far too many to know...

and I hadn't realized
I missed them so much
old friends who are
too far away to touch

there's a star for my mother
she never could stay
a star for my father
I wish I knew more than his name
stars for their folks, and their folks before
what else could so many be for...

there must be
a star for my first love
I don't know where he lies
but I still remember
the sparkling regret in his eyes

there's a light deep inside me
that won't go away
I hope it will rise up
to join with the others some day
but God left me no way to be sure
and it's hard to believe and endure...

so far from
the star of my dear old pal
with me all the way
I thought I couldn't live without her
until the day that she slipped away

there's a mist on the water
tears on the sand
I stand under starlight
with one reaching hand