Red Tide

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Song Title
Red Tide
Writers
Benjamin Grace Gilmore, Karyn Thurston Gilmore
Publisher
Story & Tune Music admin by Palm Valley Music LLC (ASCAP)
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Lyrics
he built the house just north of where the sea took the girl with the long dark hair
the ring she wore, his best laid plans, and any hope he had that he might love again
only 16 when he learned her name, 22 when she had it changed
to his one Sunday late in June
spent a week by the sea for their honeymoon

she said
right here, the sand, the sky
the sun setting down and the look in your eye
this is everything I’ll ever need
what else could heaven be

the sea kept the girl one morning swim, kept her laugh and tomorrow and the best of him
though he searched the waves til the sky turned black, though he counted forevers that were never coming back
but blue like her eyes in an ocean grave came a light from the break of the crashing waves
and her voice like glass in the shadow glow
whispering a promise that she’d never go

she said
right here, the sand, the sea
the midnight shining over you and me
this is everything I’ll ever need
what else could heaven be

now she comes with the red tide
stays springtime by his side
and she says his name
so sweet and clear
that he don’t care that nobody else can hear
when the winds change and the waves shine
with a light like her blue eyes
she says his name
so sweet and clear
that he don’t care that nobody else can hear
no one else can hear

he waits all year for the tide to change, when the waves turn red and the air turns strange
he stands by the sea til the sky goes black, and the pale blue glows, and the girl comes back
the town sings the story like a campfire song, how love is strange and deep and strong
while they watch him whisper to what they can’t see
to ghosts, or to heartache, to the light from the sea

they say
out there, the sand, the sea
he smiles and he laughs like somebody free
he’s got everything he’ll ever need
what else could heaven be

now she comes with the red tide
stays springtime by his side
and she says his name
so sweet and clear
that he don’t care that nobody else can hear
when the winds change and the waves shine
with a light like her blue eyes
she says his name
so sweet and clear
that he don’t care that nobody else can hear
no one else can hear

he built the house just north of where the sea kept the girl with the long dark hair

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