It's only when the high winds blow that I my hair was long Sailing through the leaves singin' an ancient song Or falling in love in the streets at night at the edge of a square It's only that I'm here tonight I was there
high winds on the pier tonight, my soul departs from me Striding like Thalia's Ghost on the murky sea And midnight's tapestry she fades, ragged and wild Searching down her ancestry in the of a Persian child
So Gulf winds bring me fish, that shine in the crescent moon Show me the horizon where the dawn break anew And cool me on this lonely pier, where the heron are flying low the songs my father knew in the towns of Mexico
When I was young my eyes were wise, my was good to me Instead of having a flock of he had two other girls and me And if used our Spanish names, here's the way they'd run Thalia, and Juanita, I'm the middle one
The screen door the Demons in as we moved from town to town It's hard to be a princess in the States when your skin is And Mama my worried brow, as I leaned on the kitchen door "Why do you the weight", she said "Of the world and more"
Gulf winds bring me fish, that shine in the crescent moon Show me the horizon where the dawn will break And cool me here on this lonely pier, the heron are flying low Echo the songs my fathers knew in the towns of
My grandfathers were ministers and it on down the line My Father preached in his church When he was ten years and And Mama dressed in parishioners' clothes and didn't believe in Her daddy fought the DAR, if he'd lived, I'd known him well
They said, "Go find a Sunday School", we have tried them all I never stole from the silver plate, my sisters had more One said, "Sing out loud and clear, it's the only life you've got And the next one said, "Be on earth You've life at the feet of God"
And Gulf winds bring me flying fish, shine in the crescent moon Show me the horizon where the will break anew And cool me here on this lonely pier, where the heron are low Echo the songs my fathers knew in the of Mexico
My father turned down many a job just to us something real It's hard to be a scientist in the States you've got ideals And Mama kept the book, and she kept the garden too Bought fish from the man on Thursdays, fed all of us and too
But time will pass and so, alas, will most of what we Though tonight my eye is clear as the story's being told And I'll play with the underdog and sit with the child who's wrong Be when the earth is silent and sing when my strength is gone
So Gulf bring me flying fish, that shine in the crescent moon Show me the horizon the dawn will break anew And cool me on this lonely pier, where the heron are flying low Echo the my father knew in the towns of Mexico
Now Father's to India, sometime in the fall tried to stay together but you just can't do it all I'll think about him if he goes, there's a little in his hair Though not much 'cause he's Mexican, they age, they just prepare
And if he goes to India, I'll miss him of all He'll see me in the mudlarks' face, hear me in the call And Mama will stay home, I guess, and if she did wrong And I'll say a prayer for of them and sing them both my song
And Gulf winds bring me flying fish, that shine in the crescent Show me the horizon where the will break anew And cool me here on this lonely pier, where the heron are low Echo the songs my knew in the towns of Mexico