Masato mentioned this on 19 Aug 02. My transcription from the recording at YouTube:


LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER
As recorded by Mark J. Bradlyn on “Lighthouse Keeper” (2000).

Down at the harbor, seals are barking.
Somebody’s building a fire on the sand.
Up in the lighthouse, the keeper is sleeping—
Dreams filled with darkness that he can’t understand.

Out on the jetty, breakers are crashing.
Salt spray falls softly on my true love and me.
Up in the lighthouse, a keeper is pacing,
Watching and waiting for a vessel lost at sea.

Up on the clifftop, we stand embracing.
Dolphins are leaping, half circles on the waves.
Up in the lighthouse, the keeper is praying,
Hoping for shipwrecks and sailors he can save.

On the horizon, a tall ship is passing,
Sails reefed and ready, the sky going gray.
Up in the lighthouse, the keeper is weeping.
Where is the wreckage? When will he have his day?

Out at the buoy, our dory is rocking,
Oars sweeping even, arms pulling strong.
Up in the lighthouse, the keeper is packing—
Decades of watching, now it’s time to move along,
Time to move along,
Time to move along.