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we gathered up our worldly goods |
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stole off in the dark as quickly as we could |
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you were quieting the baby down |
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when we came to the dock on the outskirts of town |
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and looking back we saw china shrinking to the size of a coin |
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and then we saw water everywhere |
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when we climbed on board |
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they tied our things together with electrical cord |
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and then we set sail |
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as we held on tight to the cold iron rail |
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and I apologize but I don't know what I love more |
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you next to me there or the receding shore |
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we stood there in the cold |
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and the baby was six months old |
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we were passing him back and forth |
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when a cold familiar wind came down from the north |
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and looking back we saw china shrinking to the size of a coin |
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and then we saw water everywhere |
