Pilot Whales

From maternity to Constantine Drive, 
The sky was as blue as a newborns eyes, 
Another little miracle, another red letter day, 
Didn't know I was the needle being pulled from the hay, 

My Daddy worked on engines, I hit the books, 
Went from a penny to an anchor, put feathers on my hooks, 
I lived half my life on a train, 
Writing strangers’ diaries, they never knew my name. 
They didn't know I'd join a band on a gun metal day, 

They drove the pilot whales away.

From Portsmouth on the Pride of Bilbao, 
I met a man who showed me who I am now, 
I picked up those binoculars and everywhere I looked, 
I saw porpoises and dolphins and the whole world shook, 
And a thousand miles from here, 
I heard myself say, 

We drove the pilot whales away

Everyone gets lost sometimes,
no matter what they say, 
And I will hear those hearts in my mind, 
Until I'm on my way. 

We drove the pilot whales away.