But my watch begins and I must go;
My heart a thousand miles away, wishing it wasn’t so.
She is stronger than she believes, I know;
So I leave with prayers to the God’s above and the men below –
“Take care of her whilst into the storm, I row”
Because my watch begins and I must go.
I leave with nothing but her song in my ears,
And memories of her smiling face, to last me through the years.
My hands they won’t wipe away her tears,
Not until for home, my ship she steers.
For my watch begins and I must go despite my fears.
There are battles to fight, she must fight them alone,
And her heart she must turn into stone;
For the sins of her lover, she must atone,
While her peers and nears, taunt her and her borne.
But my watch begins and I must go alone.
She waits by the pier, knowing not if or when,
Her lover into her arms, will return.
She hopes that on the day when my time is done,
In her love’s embrace, will end my sojourn
But now my watch begins and I must go, amen.
