Lyrics

First Rising Tide
Music & Lyrics: Alexander James Adams

I was born in the ocean, in it’s cold arms to sleep
My soft selkie coat I was happy to keep
Then I saw you go walking on a wild distant shore
I thought I would watch you a few moments more-

You sat on a rock and you gazed out to sea
And ever so often, your sights fell on me
You laughed and you smiled and my heart gave to rise
I found myself staring deep into your eyes-

LET ME SHED OFF MY COAT AND COME WALK BY YOUR SIDE
WE WILL LIE DOWN TOGETHER,
I WILL BE YOURS FOREVER,
‘TIL THE NEXT BRIGHT, ROUND MOON
WITH IT'S FIRST RISING TIDE-

You stood up to leave, so I swam to the shore
I rose to my feet, a great selkie no more
Just a pale naked man who could speak not a word
But you still knew my heart when it spoke, and you heard-

We laughed and we touched while each night the moon grew
My watery secret still hidden from you
Til one evening at dusk, I was not to be found
For the ocean had called and to Her I was bound-


I heard you call out from that wild distant shore
My heart started aching, my spirit grew sore
I longed for the days that beside you I’d laid
But to give up the sea, I was still too afraid-

By the dark of the moon, I could not stand the pain
My heart I would loose, but your love I would gain
So I came up to meet you on that wild distant shore
A selkie I’d been , but a selkie no more

LET ME GIVE YOU MY COAT, AND MY HEART DEEP INSIDE
WE WIIL LIE DOWN TOGETHER,
I WILL BE YOURS FOREVER,
PAST THE BRIGHT, ROUND MOON,
WITH IT'S FIRST RISING TIDE!-

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