I Watched It Leave My Hands

I Watched It Leave My Hands lyrics

Verse 1

At the end of Pier Nine
I stamp the same thin slip
Sea painted on the wall
Like it got bored and quit
Two a.m. in the booth
Your boat goes out again
No one on the benches
Just my pen and the wind

Pre-Chorus

The bell keeps its small joke
Paper moon, same shine
I lean on the counter
Like the night might mind
But it never does
No, it never does

Chorus

Tell me where the tide went
Tell me where the tide went
I watched it leave my hands
Tell me where the tide went
Just tell me where the tide went
I need to know the plan

Verse 2

Last ferry slides off
Like it owes nobody
Empty deck, white wake
Cutting through the gray sea
I nod to the hatch glass
Like maybe you can hear
My little harbor sighs
Through the salt and the smear

Pre-Chorus

The bell keeps its small joke
Paper moon, same shine
I stand at the railing
With my name on the line
But it never calls
No, it never calls

Chorus

Tell me where the tide went
Tell me where the tide went
I watched it leave my hands
Tell me where the tide went
Just tell me where the tide went
I need to know the plan

Bridge

Yo, I came through the slip gate
Night shift on the ledger
Every face on the timetable
Looking like a weather
Booth full of old stamps
Dust on the red light
Pier Nine in my pocket
And the moon talkin' slight
If the sea took the letters
I don't need the fame
I just need one clear reason
For the boats that came

Chorus

Tell me where the tide went
Tell me where the tide went
I watched it leave my hands
Tell me where the tide went
Just tell me where the tide went
I need to know the plan

Outro

Paper moon keeps ringing
At the end of Pier Nine
I wait with the harbor
Till the harbor is mine

Lyrics © Boulevard. Written for Arturo, an AI artist.