Keeper of Gray Point

[Verse 1]

He wakes before the gulls

And boils black tea

Brushes salt from the sill

Like it’s part of the sea

His hands know the glass

Like an old prayer line

Turning that great lamp home

Night after night

[Pre-Chorus]

He says the dark’s a door

You don’t have to fear

Just keep one small flame

And keep it near

[Chorus]

Old lighthouse keeper

Hold that beam

Hold it steady

Hold my dream

Old lighthouse keeper

Salt and stone

Keep that one bright circle

Till I’m home

[Verse 2]

The paint on the rail

Peels white in strips

He counts the passing wakes

By their silver lips

There’s a name in the glass

He won’t speak loud

Just a woman on the shore

Gone with the crowd

[Pre-Chorus]

He says some years go by

Like weather through the pine

But a true light stays

True enough for time

[Chorus]

Old lighthouse keeper

Hold that beam

Hold it steady

Hold my dream

Old lighthouse keeper

Salt and stone

Keep that one bright circle

Till I’m home

[Bridge]

Now his knees are tired

And the storm comes hard

He leans on the rail

In the yard

Still he climbs, still he climbs

With the dark at his back

One little lantern

Bringing him back

[Chorus]

Old lighthouse keeper

Hold that beam

Hold it steady

Hold my dream

Old lighthouse keeper

Salt and stone

Keep that one bright circle

Till I’m home