I did sing this as a song for a short time but whatever tune
belonged to it has long gone. Reads more like a poem now and I was obviously
trying to say something meaningful using a sustained sea metaphor. I suspect I
was also being deliberately oblique trying to disguise something that I didn’t
want to be too obvious but I don’t remember what it may have been 😊
A PEBBLE
IN THE OCEAN
I’ll drop a
pebble in the ocean
And if you’re
near please just wave
Smile and be
buffeted
And I’ll ride
your sweet return
If you’d rather
make a storm
Just send a
warning sign
And I’ll float
on over to mine
It may be
choppy but it’s warm
Stars are
like people
Both shine
and lead us astray
Provide
light and comfort
Through both
the night and day
But it’s
night time that storms
The peace and
the calm away
When
disparate lovers play
While others
can only dream
The dark of
night gives rest and solace
The dark of night
disturbs the ripples
Of honest
understanding
And lost
misunderstanding
Join waves;
make slaves
Remember the
knave of bondage
You’re an
island, part of the sea
Please just
let us all be.
1978
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