New Lyrics #3 - Semaphore

I know that other guys
can read it in her eyes,
but I'm so unsure
I always look away,
if only there was a cure
for this lack of nerve,
then I'd tell her how I really feel
today.

Chorus
But like Admiral David Beatty
searching for the High Seas Fleet,
I've always been poor
at reading semaphore,
I've always missed my chance
to be Nelson at Trafalgar,
and to find my way to her.

I know that other men
get it right time and time again,
they can see all of the signs
from a million miles away,
if only she would send
a signal out to me,
a signal that even I could read.

Chorus

Mid 8th
Where do all the moments go
that could change the course of events,
I look for them years later
and wonder where they went,
should have seen them at the time
but I missed the signs,
I was blind.

I know that other guys
are quick to realize,
but I'm too slow
and so I go
to the bottom
of the deep blue sea,
that's where you'll still find me,
if only I'd known
what to say to her.

Chorus

- Paul Kimball, 2007