I am a lighthouse worn by the weather and the waves   I keep my lamp lit to warn the sailors on their way   I'll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past   I was so happy but joy in this life seldom lasts      I had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea   We had grown closer 'til his joy meant everything to me   And he was to marry a girl who shown with beauty and light   They loved each other, and with me watched the sunsets into nights      And the waves crashing around me   The sand slips out to sea   And the winds that blow remind me   Of what has been and what can never be      She'd had to leave us; my keeper, he prayed for a safe return   But when the night came, the weather to a raging storm had turned   He watched her ship fight, but in vain against the wild and terrible wind   And me so helpless, as dashed against the rocks she met her end      And the waves crashing around me   The sand slips out to sea   And the winds that blow remind me   Of what has been and what can never be      Then on the next day, my keeper found her washed up on the shore   He kissed her cold face, and that they'd be together soon he swore   I saw him crying, watched as he buried her in the sand   Then he climbed my tower, and off the edge of me he ran      And the waves crashing around me   The sand slips out to sea   And the winds that blow remind me   Of what has been and what can never be      I am a lighthouse worn by the weather and the waves   And though I'm empty I still warn the sailors on their way