Windows

Little girl in a northern town

Let my hair grow long, let my heart be found

Late to bed, early to rise

In the waking hours she set her eyes

To the window that faced the water

Burning hearts to empty hands

Tearing through town with older men

While the city boys found quiet girls

And they built them homes at the edge of the world

With windows that face the water

Just stay and try a few more years

Sand to stone, and disappear

These days are prison walls but the nights are mine

Like the little cracks that reach for open skies

Are windows that face the water

It's getting late she's heading home

Skirts the shore and stands alone

Turns to curse the rushing tide

And walks toward the harbour lights

That sparkle like stars on the water