On the Crest of a Wave - John Herberman

Ride the waves Dark days It's Tropic Grey There's much to say It's 8 Beaufort We swim to shore Then order more Head back to yours You show me signs (show me signs) Then pull away (pull away) In broken lines (broken lines) Distant days (distant days) Rule the waves (rule the waves) It's you I crave (you I crave) Summer daze (summer daze) Hot bones Stuck on St. Lucia I promised I'd meet ya But my words wait on water So I'll always be there waiting at the crest of the wave All I need In ambergris Come be with me We'll flee the scene So roll me up Smoke away Aftersun In Tropic Grey It's green on green (green on green) Some distant day (distant day) Summer line (summer line) Faraway (faraway) Sunset of (sunset of) Calamine (calamine) Some broken words (broken words) Are you mine? Stuck on St. Lucia I promised I'd meet ya But my words wait on water So I'll always be there waiting at the crest of the wave I'll always be there waiting at the crest of the wave I'll always be there waiting at the crest of the wave Stuck on St. Lucia I promised I'd meet ya But my words wait on water So I'll always be there waiting at the crest of the wave Stuck on St. Lucia I promised I'd meet ya But my words wait on water So I'll always be there waiting at the crest of the wave I'll be waiting at the crest of the crest I'll be waiting, always waiting, oh yeah I'll be waiting at the crest of the crest I'll be waiting

You search your mind That's what it's there for Check all the whys' And all the wherefores' In your mind You're tall and brave Riding the crest Of a high and beautiful wave You make your movements known And where you want to be And everybody knows That's how it's got to be In the sheltered morning sun In the sheltered morning sun Internally You make your own rules You'll have excuses The ones that you choose In the end You deem unsafe Riding the crest Of a high and beautiful wave You make your movements known And where you want to be And everybody knows That's how it's got to be In the sheltered morning sun In the sheltered morning sun There comes a time You don't even know what's missing Some sugar to make the pill go down You need a line A push in the right direction Some sugar to make the pill go down True True to form True to pre-existing norms Truly wasted At a rave Riding the crest Of a high and beautiful wave Riding the crest Of a high and beautiful wave You make your movements known And where you want to be And everybody knows That's how it's got to be In the sheltered morning sun In the sheltered morning sun In the sheltered morning sun In the sheltered morning sun In the sheltered morning sun

Oh, wave crash down on me Until I'm whole again Like days of old I see myself and rise I'm drying out in this weather Feeling of parasites And the time when the night feels better Is when you don't go A taste as bitter as before We could waste all the best of times 'til we know Lights and shapes they only fade In the hold that washes all away What a wave What a wave What a wave What a wave The rose's thorn still reaches out to piece my skin It grows me warm and cloudy up my mind Everybody has an opinion I don't likе most of them 'Cause the lifе that we live is better living Than living alone The taste, as bitter as before We could waste all the best of times 'til we know That lights and shapes they only fade In the hold that washes all away What a wave What a wave What a wave What a wave I'm drying out in this weather Feeling of parasites And the time when the night feels better Is when you don't go What a wave What a wave What a wave What a wave

For the long time run I'll be riding all the way On a wave with you Ah For the long time run I'll be riding all the way on a wave with you And the long time gone Was a stop in the journey made for two For the long time run I'll be riding all the way on a wave with you With you, yeah (ah) For all the things I've lost I will put it on the shelf in the aisle three Everything you see Was always meant for you and me For the long time run I'll be riding all the way on a wave with you (with you) With you And someone better make you sad 'Cause I have got a real good shoulder And let's share a glass of wine And I will make it fine for you If someone ever make you sad Then I am gonna make it better, yeah This is all I know Don't mind the bumpy road with you, yeah For the long time run I'll be riding all the way on a wave with you And the long time gone Was a stop in the journey made for two For the long time run I'll be riding all the way on a wave with you With you, yeah All the things I've lost I will put it on the shelf in the aisle three Everything you see Was always meant for you and me For the long time run I'll be riding all the way on a wave with you With you And someone better make you sad 'Cause I have got a real good shoulder And let's share a glass of wine And I will make it fine for you If someone ever make you sad Then I am gonna make it better, yeah This is all I know Don't mind the bumpy road with you, yeah This all makes sense Sometimes so tense Tell me I am Something better, are we better now? We make no sense And I want no end But tell me I am Something better, are we better now? For the long time run I'll be riding all the way on a wave with you And the long time gone Was a stop in the journey made for two For the long time run I'll be riding all the way on a wave with you (darling, let's go) With you, yeah