[Verse] The wind it howled like a wolf at the door He kissed her hand on the rocky shore Eyes like storms Hearts like stone The ship set sail He left alone [Chorus] Oh the lonesome tide It stole him away Promises whispered Gone with the spray She waits by the cliff Her heart turns to clay Oh the lonesome tide It won't give her today [Verse 2] Her shawl grows thin Her hair turns grey She counts the waves Each steals a day Letters she wrote None came back The ocean laughs in shades of black [Prechorus] Does the sea ever grieve For the lives it deceives [Chorus] Oh the lonesome tide It stole him away Promises whispered Gone with the spray She waits by the cliff Her heart turns to clay Oh the lonesome tide It won't give her today [Bridge] The church bell rings The gulls all cry The horizon mocks her tear-stained sky Is he beneath In the coral's cold keep Or does he wander where shadows sleep
