It's only when the high winds blow that I wish my was long Sailing through the autumn leaves an ancient song Or falling in love in the streets at at the edge of a local square only that I'm here tonight thinkin' I was there
There's high winds on the pier tonight, my soul departs me like Thalia's Ghost south on the murky sea And into tapestry she fades, ragged and wild Searching her ancestry in the costume of a Persian child
So Gulf winds bring me flying fish, that shine in the moon Show me the horizon where the dawn break anew And cool me here on this lonely pier, where the are flying low the songs my father knew in the towns of Mexico
When I was young my eyes were wise, my father was to me of having a flock of sons he had two other girls and me And if used our Spanish names, here's the way they'd run Thalia, and Juanita, I'm the middle one
The screen door kept the Demons in as we from town to town It's hard to be a princess in the States when skin is brown And Mama my worried brow, as I leaned on the kitchen door "Why do you carry the weight", she "Of the world and more"
Gulf winds bring me flying fish, that in the crescent moon Show me the horizon where the dawn break anew And me here on this lonely pier, where the heron are flying low the songs my fathers knew in the towns of Mexico
My grandfathers were ministers and it on down the line My Father preached in his parents' When he was ten years and And Mama dressed in parishioners' clothes and believe in Hell Her fought the DAR, if he'd lived, I'd have known him well
They said, "Go find a Sunday School", we have tried them all I never stole the silver plate, my sisters had more gall One preacher said, "Sing out and clear, it's the only life you've got And the next one said, "Be on earth You've another life at the of God"
And Gulf winds bring me flying fish, that in the crescent moon Show me the horizon where the will break anew And cool me here on this lonely pier, where the heron are low the songs my fathers knew in the towns of Mexico
My father turned down many a job to give us something real It's hard to be a in the States when you've got ideals And kept the budget book, and she kept the garden too Bought fish the man on Thursdays, fed all of us and strangers too
But time will pass and so, alas, will most of we know Though my memory's eye is clear as the story's being told And I'll play with the underdog and sit with the child who's wrong Be still when the earth is and sing when my strength is gone
So winds bring me flying fish, that shine in the crescent moon Show me the where the dawn will break anew And cool me here on lonely pier, where the heron are flying low Echo the songs my father knew in the of Mexico
Now Father's to India, sometime in the fall They tried to stay but you just can't do it all I'll about him if he goes, there's a little gray in his hair Though not much 'cause Mexican, they don't age, they just prepare
And if he goes to India, miss him most of all He'll see me in the mudlarks' face, hear me in the call And Mama stay home, I guess, and worry if she did wrong And I'll say a prayer for both of them and sing both my song
And Gulf winds bring me flying fish, shine in the crescent moon me the horizon where the dawn will break anew And cool me here on this lonely pier, the heron are flying low Echo the songs my knew in the towns of Mexico