Red-Haired Woman of My Quiet Years

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Evening settles on the harbor wall

Fishing boats are turning home

I have counted every stone

Every stone along the shore

Since the summer took you sailing

Verse 2

Copper hair against the northern wind

You were laughing at the cold

I was silent standing near

Watching gulls divide the gray

Wishing I had learned to say it

Chorus

Red-haired woman of my quiet years

Red-haired woman I have loved so long

Every wave that breaks is yours

Every wave that breaks is yours

Red-haired woman I have loved so long

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh, oh-oh)

(Oh-oh, oh-oh)

Verse 3

Old men sing their songs below the pine

They have known this ache before

I am only one more voice

One more voice among the many

Learning how to hold a sorrow

Verse 4

If the sea should ever bring you back

To the pier where children dive

I will meet you standing still

Standing still with open hands

Older now but no less certain

Chorus

Red-haired woman of my quiet years

Red-haired woman I have loved so long

Every wave that breaks is yours

Every wave that breaks is yours

Red-haired woman I have loved so long

Bridge

Sing it low

Sing it slow

Sing it till the morning finds me

Sing it low

Sing it slow

Sing it till the morning finds me

Verse 5

Fire in your hair and salt upon your sleeve

You were always half a storm

I was calm and I was plain

Calm and plain and never asked you

What you needed me to be

Chorus

Red-haired woman of my quiet years

Red-haired woman I have loved so long

Every wave that breaks is yours

Every wave that breaks is yours

Red-haired woman I have loved so long

Post-Chorus

(Oh-oh, oh-oh)

(Oh-oh, oh-oh)

(Red-haired woman)

(Red-haired woman)

Chorus

Red-haired woman of my quiet years

Red-haired woman I have loved so long

Every wave that breaks is yours

Every wave that breaks is yours

Red-haired woman I have loved so long