It's only when the high winds blow I wish my hair was long Sailing through the autumn leaves singin' an song Or falling in love in the streets at night at the edge of a local It's only that I'm tonight thinkin' I was there
There's high winds on the pier tonight, my soul departs me Striding like Thalia's Ghost south on the sea And into midnight's tapestry she fades, and wild Searching down her ancestry in the costume of a Persian
So Gulf winds me flying fish, that shine in the crescent moon Show me the horizon where the dawn will break And cool me here on lonely pier, where the heron are flying low Echo the songs my father in the towns of Mexico
When I was young my were wise, my father was good to me Instead of a flock of sons he had two other girls and me And if we'd used our Spanish names, here's the way run Thalia, and Juanita, I'm the middle one
The screen door kept the Demons in as we moved town to town It's to be a princess in the States when your skin is brown And smoothed my worried brow, as I leaned on the kitchen door "Why do you carry the weight", she "Of the and maybe more"
Gulf bring me flying fish, that shine in the crescent moon Show me the horizon the dawn will break anew And cool me here on this lonely pier, where the are flying low Echo the songs my knew in the towns of Mexico
My grandfathers ministers and it came on down the line My Father preached in his parents' When he was ten and nine And Mama in parishioners' clothes and didn't believe in Hell Her daddy fought the DAR, if he'd lived, I'd have known him
They said, "Go find a School", we must have tried them all I stole from the silver plate, my sisters had more gall One said, "Sing out loud and clear, it's the only life you've got And the next one said, "Be good on another life at the feet of God"
And Gulf winds bring me fish, that shine in the crescent moon Show me the horizon where the dawn will 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 many a job just to give us something real It's hard to be a scientist in the when you've got ideals And Mama kept the budget book, and she kept the too Bought from the man on Thursdays, fed all of us and strangers too
But time will pass and so, alas, most of what we know Though tonight my memory's eye is clear as the story's being And I'll play ball with the underdog and sit with the who's wrong Be still when the earth is silent and sing my strength is gone
So Gulf winds bring me fish, that shine in the crescent moon Show me the horizon where the dawn break anew And cool me here on this lonely pier, where the are flying low Echo the songs my father in the towns of Mexico
Now Father's going to India, in the fall They tried to stay together but you just do it all I'll about him if he goes, there's a little gray in his hair Though not much 'cause he's Mexican, they don't age, just prepare
And if he goes to India, miss him most of all He'll see me in the mudlarks' face, hear me in the beggar's And will stay home, I guess, and worry if she did wrong And I'll say a prayer for both of them and sing both my song
And Gulf winds bring me flying fish, shine in the crescent moon Show me the horizon where the dawn break anew And cool me here on this lonely pier, where the heron are low Echo the songs my father in the towns of Mexico