I tasted the sea in the night air   It seemed to be calling out to me   Her mistress was there, clinging to my hair   Singing passionately      I can see you there on the shoreline   You changed the color of each eye   And if that whale had left my belongings   I would have asked you then to be my wife      Magnolia   I'll be coming home   I'll be coming home   Real soon      I dreamt of your body late last night   Electricity poured from my throat   Please baby, come down to the shoreline   Hear the last song that I ever wrote      My dear, you swore you'd make it home by morning   Now every day I sit and stare at the sea   And every wave to crash without warning signs   How you chose the ocean floor over me      Magnolia   I'll be coming home   I'll be coming home   Real soon      Well, all the sailors have told me    You ain't coming home   It's been six months    I feel so alone   Well, I've been trying so hard   I just can't get home   It's been too long   I guess I give up      Magnolia   I'll be coming home   I'll be coming home   Real soon