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A wooden rowboat by the wall
Where cobblestones and winter fall
The rope is frayed, the paint is worn
It's been that way since you were born
I kept the lamp on through the night
I watched the water, watched the light
The wind came down the alleyway
And told me you were gone to stay
The boat still floats, the stones still freeze
I hold the rope against the breeze
The lamp still burns, the tide still turns
The winter rowboat always returns
I found your glove beneath the bench
The one you lost beside the trench
The wool is stiff, the fingers curled
It held the cold out of your world
The boat still floats, the stones still freeze
I hold the rope against the breeze
The lamp still burns, the tide still turns
The winter rowboat always returns
I don't need a sign or a song
I just need to know where you belong
The harbor's wide, the night is long
But the rope is tight and the hull is strong
The gulls have gone to warmer air
The alley's empty, cold and bare
But I'll be here when ice gives way
I'll row you home at break of day
The lamp is lit, the wick is new
The harbor's grey, but the sky is blue
The cobblestones will dry again
And I'll be waiting, waiting then
The boat still floats, the stones still freeze
I hold the rope against the breeze
The lamp still burns, the tide still turns
The winter rowboat always returns
The winter rowboat always returns
The winter rowboat always returns
