If you make your way up to Oregon Inlet    just at the turning of the year    Open your eyes as you reach the marshland    for all of the birds in the world meet there    And when the spring tide is changing    The coastline and everything’s wild and everything’s new    The beating of bird’s wings will carry the music    of a thousand secrets home to you       If I could gather all the people like soft bird feathers    then I know which ones I’d choose    I’d choose the water lovers and the earth mothers    and the ones with nothing to lose    I’d give them wings and watch them soar    with their newfound freedom to the sky    And you’d see them winging    and you’d hear them singing as you quietly passed by       If you make your way up to Oregon Inlet    just at the turning of the year    Open your eyes as you reach the marshland    for all of the birds in the world meet there       If I could gather all the people like soft bird feathers    then I know which ones I’d choose    I’d choose the water lovers and the earth mothers    and the ones with nothing to lose    I’d give them wings and watch them soar    with their newfound freedom to the sky    And you’d see them winging    and you’d hear them singing as you quietly passed by       If you make your way up to Oregon Inlet    just at the turning of the year    Open your eyes as you reach the marshland    for all of the birds in the world meet there    And you want to find me that’s where I’ll be.    I’ll be waiting.    I’ll be waiting for you    At Oregon Inlet