Absolutely NineDays

“Shipwreck Water”

Album: Something To Listen To (1995)

Written by: John Hampson and Brian Desveaux

The rain dropped down at 7:20
so suddenly wasted water
harsh memories no matter how deeply buried
survive, they emerge
all my betrayed water runs
between soles of her feet
their average is torn
Normandy
wait, wait, fulfill your destiny's secret
try to find, try to find
no fear till the end of crime
that day in 1944
and a shipwreck water
Lou Ann lost her father
Lou Ann and her daughter walks from the crosses
for whom they’ve never known
the caretaker wipes the marble face with wet sand
to bring out the letters
Sometimes the faces on the marble reflect only
a picture of a dark haired man in spectacles
wait, wait, fulfill our destiny's secrets
try to find, try to find
no fear till the end of crime
the day in 1944
and a shipwreck water
Lou Ann lost her father
and a shipwreck water
Lou Ann never knew her father
father, father
rain dropped down at 7:20 as we watched
harsh memories no matter how deeply buried
all my betrayed water runs
between soles of her feet
their average is torn
Normandy 
and a shipwreck water
Lou Ann lost her father
and a shipwreck water
Lou Ann never knew her father, father