Walking In Calm Beach

WALKIN iN CALM BEACH (by Silvio Vinci)

I left my shoes beside the stairs,
Walked out before the town was awake.
The morning wind ran through my hair,
The sea had nothing left to say.

A fishing boat was heading home,
Its engine fading in the blue.
For once I let the silence stay,
Without a thought of calling you.

Take me down the coast,
Where the wild grass grows.
I've been holding on so long—
Now I'm learning to let go.

The roadside flowers shook their heads,
A battered truck went rolling by.
Some old song came drifting out,
Then disappeared into the sky.

The clouds unfolded over me
Like painted sheets across the sun.
I felt the ground beneath my feet,
And for a while I didn't run.

Take me down the coast,
Where the wild grass grows.
I've been holding on so long—
Now I'm learning to let go.

Maybe nothing here has changed,
Just the way the daylight falls.
But I can hear the ocean now
Above the voices of it all.

Take me down the coast,
Where the wild grass grows.
I've been holding on so long—
Now I'm learning to let go.

A little further down the coast…
A little further down the coast…
Nothing pulling me back home…
A little further down the coast…