It's a hazy winter's day   And I'm staring out on the southland   In the twilight distance on the bay   My mind sees you running through the marshland   All these years I've been waiting for you   Through the high tides and the low tides too   But if I stop now how could I ever be with you?      It's a long race   If I try I will surely finish   It's a long race   If I try I will surely win it   Some day some night with you      There's a village on the lower eastern shore   Where the watermen's boats are anchored   And they work so hard all day long   Showing me what you want to go after   All these years I've been pushing so hard   Through the high times and the low times too   But if I stop now   How could I know what I could do?      It's a long race   If I try I will surely finish   It's a long race   If I try I will surely win it   Some day some night with you