Watch the sand hoppers dance this Normandy day

Beneath the shade of the watch tower lay

And sinking into slumber watch the wine seduce my mind

Who over time, the tumbler, tell me

What's the name I blame? The wind



She answers daily

The sad song lies blind

Dressed in love's hour upon my friend's mind

Oh the lady that he loved most dearly lies with their false friend

But not a single word like, “I'll be gone.”



This is the end of an age and it's left in the sand,

Where once to homage they fought hand in hand

Against a foreign foe who thought his cause most justified

I'm not the man to tell him that foe lied.  He died.



Yes he died just like that broken bottle

And the crab we caught and then killed for no reason

Oh but don't that summer sky look crazy?

What good's the sky when you have no days to watch it by?



I'm wondering what makes me stay.

Maybe I should go away from these Normandy days



Watch the sand hoppers dance this Normandy day

Beneath the shade of the watch tower lay

And sinking into slumber watch the wine seduce my mind

Who over time, the tumbler, tell me

What's the name I blame?  The wind.