Verse 1
The lighthouse keeper sailed away
When tides were running free
To tend the lamp upon the rock
Beyond the open sea
The village waved from harbour walls
As daylight slipped from sight
But she remained a little while
To watch his fading light
Chorus
The sailors watched the lighthouse beam
To guide them safely through
She watched the very selfsame light
For different reasons too
For every sweep across the waves
Brought comfort through the night
The lighthouse keeper kept the lamp
His wife kept faith in light
Verse 2
She learned the moods of restless seas
And winds that crossed the bay
She knew what weather waited there
Before the skies turned grey
She’d stand beside the harbour wall
As darkness claimed the blue
And search the distant horizon
For the light she always knew
Chorus
The sailors watched the lighthouse beam
To guide them safely through
She watched the very selfsame light
For different reasons too
For every sweep across the waves
Brought comfort through the night
The lighthouse keeper kept the lamp
His wife kept faith in light
Verse 3
The winter storms came roaring in
With thunder, rain and foam
While waves attacked the lonely rock
That stood so far from home
And when the village slept at night
Behind each shuttered pane
She watched the beam sweep through the dark
Again and yet again
Bridge
One evening through the driving rain
The lamp was hard to see
The harbour folk grew nervous then
And whispered anxiously
But suddenly across the storm
The faithful light shone bright
And nobody was happier
Than the keeper’s wife that night
Verse 4
The years rolled by like turning tides
As years so often do
Yet every night she searched the dark
For that familiar view
For love is sometimes grand and bold
And sometimes quiet and small
A light upon a distant rock
Can mean the world to all
Final Chorus
The sailors watched the lighthouse beam
To guide them safely through
She watched the very selfsame light
For different reasons too
For every sweep across the waves
Brought comfort through the night
The lighthouse keeper kept the lamp
His wife kept faith in light
Outro
And long before the morning sun
Would paint the sea with gold
She’d thank the light upon the rock
For bringing one more dawn.
Lyrics Michael Forty
Voice Michael Forty