White fold on a wooden rail
Sailing on a salty gale
Waiting like a dormant seed
Patient for the wind to lead
Paper Pilot in the grey
Watching over foggy bay
Swaying where the salt spray clings
Holding tight to folded wings
Mist descends like silver moss
Counting every current loss
Siting where the pier ends now
Steady as a cedar bough
Paper Pilot in the grey
Watching over foggy bay
Swaying where the salt spray clings
Holding tight to folded wings
Syllabus of salt and brine
Tracing out a crooked line
Rooted in a child's hand
Dreaming of a distant land
Slow as sap in winter pine
Crossing over harbor line
Low tide pulls the water deep
While the sleeping city keep
Sallow light on concrete stone
Standing in the cold alone
Like a sprout in sandy loam
Waiting for a way back home
Paper Pilot in the grey
Watching over foggy bay
Swaying where the salt spray clings
Holding tight to folded wings
Searing white against the blue
Holding to a vision true
Fixed upon the water's edge
Perched upon a narrow ledge
Paper Pilot in the grey
Watching over foggy bay
Swaying where the salt spray clings
Holding tight to folded wings
Folded wings... In the grey...
Paper Pilot.