Whispering Pines - Robbie Robertson and Richard Manuel (tune)

The Band -- evocative ballad

If you find me in a gloom

or catch me in a dream,

Inside my lonely room

there is no in between:

Whispering Pines

Rising of the tide

If only one star shines

That's just enough to get inside!

I will wait until it all goes round

With you in sight, the lost are found!

Foghorn in the night

Calling out to sea

Protect my only light,

for she once belonged to me.

Let the waves rush in!

Let the seagulls cry!

For if I live again,

these hopes will never die.

I can feel you standing there

But I don't see you anywhere.

Standing by the well

Wishing for the rains

Reaching to the clouds

For nothing else remains

Drifting in a daze.

When evening will be done,

Try looking through a haze

At an empty house, in the cold,

cold sun.

I will wait until it all goes 'round.

With you in sight, the lost are found!

[song first released on their self-titled album The Band in 1969 ]