Wintering Now

[Verse 1]
To live alone here
Above the water line
To watch it rising and rising

[Verse 2]
More than a stone's throw
From the Eastern shore
You can still see the island

[Chorus]
From this deep green water
Feathers on the swell
What brought this?
Black clouds are circling around
This bird is wintering now

[Verse 3]
Anemones and barnacles cling for dear life
We cannot bear to surrender
I left an hour before
They kicked in my front door
Running I became the offender

[Chorus]
On this deep green water
Feathers on the swell
What brought this?
Black clouds are circling around
This bird is wintering now

[Verse 4]
They come on fine days
To see me for themselves
Who want to seek us befriended
Who fled across the sea
To live upon the reef
So this will be the place where I'm remembered

[Dialogue]
The first winter I was here three months (?)
I lost everything I had
I got nothing against anyone
I've got no home to go to