Leaving The Harbor Lyrics - Storms - Nanci Griffith

When you are leaving the harbor 

Do you cry out to the shore? 

Do you bless the wave of the ocean 

Do you call your vessel home? 

And as you leave the safest harbor 

Do you wonder where you'll go? 

When you feel your bough is breaking 

Do you call that harbor home? 

When you sing the lullabye 

Do you sing it for the song? 

Or do you love the way it slides 

Like velvet 'cross your tongue? 

And as you sing the lullabye 

Do you savor every line? 

Or do they flow as one with your heartbeat 

Your voice and your mind? 

If you turn the light out in the hallway 

Will your shadow lose its way? 

Or do we share these shadows in the darkness 

And they move from place to place? 

And we could share a shadow in the darkness 

Shadows have no face 

But should you sell our soul to the darkness 

Can you face the light of day? 

'Cause you are leaving the harbor 

Do you cry out to the shore? 

Oh, do you bless the wave of the ocean? 

Do you call your vessel home? 

Oh, do you bless the wave of the ocean? 

Do you call your vessel home?