Song from Evan

The following are lyrics to a song that Evan, my 19 year-old son, wrote for me as a birthday present last week. He asked me to share it on the blog.

We would wake, to rented beds and dark mornings

We would take our cheese and bread and start walking

And the clouds would sink beneath us,

As we changed sunscreen for our sweaters.

And no blisters could defeat us,

 Nor could stormy mountain weather.

As our shadows took the trail

Through morning’s misty veil,

We grew together.

Sea-Shells

You’re our mother,  you’re our partner, you’re our overhanging tree;

Sea-Shells

You led us through Santiago, now you’ve brought us to the sea.

Valencia caught autumn’s breeze

But the sand and waves stayed warm.

From five flights up we watched the sea

And heard the breakers form.

As the light drained from the Spanish sky,

We took the breakers by surprise.

And to the sea, returned.

Sea-Shells

You’re our mother, you’re our partner, you’re our overhanging tree;

Sea-Shells

You led us through Santiago, now you’ve brought us to the sea.