Warn The Sailors On Their Way

I posted this same blog almost 2 years ago (many new readers now, I wanted to repost it). It is a group of photos I am pretty proud of. The Yaquina Head Lighthouse is North of Newport, Oregon and I have spent quite a bit of time around the grounds. One of my favorite places around Oregon. 

The lyrics are from A Lighthouse Tale by Nickel Creek... Easily one of my favorite songs and the idea to put the two together, I think, worked out very well. If you haven't heard of them, I suggest you stop what your doing and check out their web site. They are no longer playing together, but buy a CD anyway. It would be good for you!

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

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

I am a lighthouse worn by the weather and the waves
And though I'm empty I still warn the sailors on their way