Cold fog rolls in from the deep
While the city starts to sleep
I sit here on the wooden pier
Waiting for a ghost to steer
Salt air bites the rusted gear
Winter wind is all I hear
My horn is wide and painted gold
Watching as the day grows old
Wind me up and let it play
Wash the heavy gray away
Spin a song of velvet red
Until every word is said
A stranger stopped to turn the key
Looking out across the sea
He had a look of distant shores
Opening the heavy doors
Wind me up and let it play
Wash the heavy gray away
Spin a song of velvet red
Until every word is said
Steel and cable, mist and bone
Nobody likes to stand alone
A simple crank, a steady hand
Bringing music to the sand
The needle finds a dusty groove
Making all the spirits move
He leaned his back against the rail
While the morning light turned pale
He left a coin upon the wood
I would follow if I could
Now I watch the ferry glide
Riding on the rising tide
Wind me up and let it play
Wash the heavy gray away
Spin a song of velvet red
Until every word is said
Just a song upon the bay
Wait for one more sunny day
Spin it slow, let it go.
