Ripples Songtext
von Still Collins

Blue girls come in every size
Some are wise and some otherwise
They got pretty blue eyes
For an hour a man may change
For an hour her face looks strange
Looks strange, looks strange
Marching through the promised land
Where the honey flows and takes you by the hand
Pulls you down on your knees
While you′re down, a pool appears
And the face in the water looks up
And she shakes her head as if to say
That it's the last time you look like today
Sail away, away
And the ripples never come back
They′ve gone to the other side
Sail away, away
The face that launched a thousand ships
Is sinking fast, that happens you know
Oh, the water gets below


Seems not very long ago
Lovelier she was than any that I know
Angels never know it's time
To close the book and gracefully decline
Oh, the sun's found a tail
My, what a jealous pool is she
And the face in the water looks up
And she shakes her head as if to say
That the blue girls have all gone away
Sail away, away
And the ripples never come back
They′ve gone to the other side
Oh, look into the pool
You know the ripples never come back
Oh no, no, they never come back
They dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
Oh, they′ve gone to the other side
Sail away, away
And the ripples never come back
They've gone to the other side
Oh, look into the pool
You know the ripples never come back
Oh no, no, they never come back
They dive to the bottom and go to the top
To see where they have gone
Oh, they′ve gone to the other side
You know the ripples
Oh no, they never come back, they never come back
Sail away, away
Oh no, they never come back, they never come back
They never come back
Sail away, away
Sail away, sail away
Oh no, they never come back, they never come back
Sail away, away
Sail away, sail away