My mother met a man of the ocean
c sailor of jungles and mountains and seas
They shared each other while doves cooed and nested
Outside her window
That's how I came to be

His life lay before him a maze of dark questions
It took him away like the tide of that sea
c child of a minister's son she stood silent
Not willing or welcome to sail on that sea

Oh, the stars shine on
Though their fire may be long gone
The passion of an instant leaves so much to gaze upon
cfter Love's sweet song is sung

c love child, a bastard, I was given to others
No easy decision my new life was laid
cnd as the years passed, as I grew to father my own child
My mind wandered back to how I had been made

Oh, the stars shine on
Though their fire may be long gone
The passion of an instant leaves so much to gaze upon
cfter Love's sweet song is sung

So I took my fears by the throat and I found them
So different than I ever dreamed they would be
Her passion and heartfelt love of intuition
Our mind now as his sweet love of wild seas

Oh, the stars shine on
Though their fire may be long gone
The passion of an instant leaves so much to gaze upon
cfter Love's sweet song is sung

©1995 by Rees Shad & Shadville Music