Salt and Amber

[Intro]
[Verse]
Rain on the glass
Watching it pass
Rye in the tin
Where do I begin?
The piano plays soft
My heart is aloft
In the amber light
Of a waterfront night
[Pre-Chorus]
The fog is a ghost
Along the coast
I’m checking the gauge
On a turning page
[Chorus]
You sailed for the south
With a kiss on my mouth
Merchant marine
The best that I’ve seen
The salt on the pane
Is hiding the rain
My heart’s in the hold
And the water is cold
[Post-Chorus]
Doo-be-doo-ba-dee
Down by the sea
Scoot-wop-ba-zatt
Where you at?
Skiddle-dee-bee
Come back to me
[Verse]
You had oil on your vest
Heading out west
Then turning the wheel
To the southern keel
I fixed up the pump
With a heavy heart-thump
While you checked the charts
And broke both our hearts
[Chorus]
You sailed for the south
With a kiss on my mouth
Merchant marine
The best that I’ve seen
The salt on the pane
Is hiding the rain
My heart’s in the hold
And the water is cold
[Bridge]
The propeller spins round
With a lonely sound
I’m the engineer
Who’s stuck right here
In the grease and the grime
Just killing the time
Between the dock
And the ticking clock
[Solo]
[Verse]
The bar is closing down
In this harbor town
One last sip of the rye
Under a leaden sky
The freighter is gone
Before the dawn
And the rhythm is slow
With nowhere to go
[Chorus]
You sailed for the south
With a kiss on my mouth
Merchant marine
The best that I’ve seen
The salt on the pane
Is hiding the rain
My heart’s in the hold
And the water is cold
[Post-Chorus]
Shoo-be-do-wah
Ba-da-ba-dah
Vee-vop-a-loo
Missing you
Zat-zatt-zatt
Just like that
[Outro]