Johnny Mike Songwriter Music

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I left my watch beside the door
And took the path through sea oats tall
A heron balanced on the pier
Like it had nowhere else to be at all
[Chorus]
The ocean keeps no score, my dear
It takes the day and lets it go
No list to finish, no bell to hear
Just the tide moving soft and slow
Stay here with me till the light turns blue
The ocean keeps no score, and neither do you
[Verse 2]
The salt dried pale along your sleeve
You drew a little boat in sand
A wave came up and cleared the page
A wave came up and cleared the page
You laughed and reached to take my hand
[Chorus]
The ocean keeps no score, my dear
It takes the day and lets it go
No list to finish, no bell to hear
Just the tide moving soft and slow
Stay here with me till the light turns blue
The ocean keeps no score, and neither do you
[Bridge]
Tomorrow can wait by the kitchen phone
The moon has its own way home
Let every hurried thought fall through
Like a sand dollar rinsed clean and new
[Final Chorus]
The ocean keeps no score, my dear
It takes the day and lets it go
No list to finish, no bell to hear
Just the tide moving soft and slow
Stay here with me till the first gull flies
The ocean keeps no score beneath these skies
[Outro]
No clocks, no keeping tally
Just today, and you beside me