A Common Tern Songtext
von Anna B Savage

On our own little jetty jutting out in the lake
As I reached for the fishhook
He called my name
"Look, Anna, it′s a common tern"

"What do you love about me?" I asked him
He paused and then said
"I love how much you love me"
I shuddered, maybe I'm done

A common tern
A common tern
A common tern
It′s a common tern
It's a common tern


We watched the common terns fly in
Then stop dead, suspended and hung by a thread
We held our breath, they held their place
Then cried out and dived down
It's a common tern

I had a common tern lying in bed next to him
I tried to explain
I take his hook out from my cheek
And place it in his hand

A common tern
It′s a common tern
A common tern
It′s a common tern
It's a common tern

We watched the common terns fly in
And then stop dead suspended and hung by a thread
We held our breath, they held their place
Then cried out and dived down
And flew overhead
I′m sorry, it's just a common tern