All Ashore

Momma cuts like a man-of-war Through the fog of an early morning With nothing more than a coffee filling up her sails A couple sips and she says, I know I can keep what I started going She hears the clock tick, the wolf who loiters at the door Daddy asleep in the bed he made the night before Instead she cuts through the morning like a man-of-war, mmm Daddy burns like a meteor Through a night of his own diversions Hoping to blaze half a second of a glowing trail Pours rum on his weary heart Says,"Hey, I'm closer than when I started" He hears the clock tick, the wolf who loiters at the door Momma tossing and turning through the coming storm And so he burns through diversions like a meteor Oh, there's a lot to learn One puts into port Lowers a rowboat and grabs an oar Singing, all ashore that's going ashore One falls back to earth Leaves a crater on the bedroom floor Singing, love, I know I promised more than this Momma cuts through the morning like a man-of-war Daddy burns through diversions like a meteor And so they use another like a guiding star And how I watch as they wonder where and what they are I reflect like a troubadour The ebb and flow of their hope and worry In every verse of a living, breathing fairy tale As Momma rises and Daddy sets Just like they have since the night I met them I hear the clock tick, the wolf who loiters at the door Whatever else they decide to fight about and for As I reflect, hope, and worry like a troubadour Oh, there's a lot to learn, oh ooh One puts into port Lowers a rowboat and grabs an oar Singing, all ashore that's going ashore One falls back to earth Leaves a crater on the bedroom floor Singing, love, I don't need any more than this