"WILL YOU COME BACK SOMETIME?"

"Will You Come Back Sometime?"


The water looked so very black
With stratus clouds all grey
She stood alone out on the deck
'Til the old ship pulled away;
It was full of fishermen
All smoking down below
She waved goodbye until it hurt
Then it was time to go.

She watched him through binoculars
And as he blew his nose
He dried his eyes and drove away
His fingers must be froze;
She stared at the horizon
But only saw his face
And each nautical mile
His last kiss she could taste.

The thunder roared above her
She almost froze to death
Still she leaned against the rail
And took a long, deep breath;
By now he'd be close to home
And he'd find the note she wrote
Back in the good ol' USA
But inside, her heart was broke.

Many miles down the Freeway
She stopped to get some rest
A motel room with a telephone
Put her to the test;
She'd not call him up this late
She fell asleep instead
And already she was homesick
Remembering what he'd said:

"Will you come back sometime?"