Nickel Creek - Moonfleet Beach Lyrics
Moonfleet Beach is a terror of the seaand most deadly when a southwestern galewakes the anger of the wave from its own easy sleepand I'm the only man who's made it out alive to tell the taleI was an orphan boyof 15 years oldwhen Elsevere took me to his homeI still wonder if he knewas he kept me from the coldthat later saving my lifehe would forfeit his ownwhen the people of Moonfleet are safe in their bedsthey hear the sounds of a struggle against the seafor the rhythm of the wave is steady in their headsthey thank god they're not fighting for their liveson Moonfleet BeachElsevere was like a good father to mewe got closer and closer each daybut soon time struck coldand we had nothing for our bread and meatso we left our home, condemned our homeand find ourselves a waywith nowhere else to turn we joined with a contrabandand listened on the deck with the crewto the captain as he said "we'll need every last manto do their best, now raise the sails we have a dangerous job to do"we had a smooth trip thereoh lord and it left the peerbut Elsevere lay heavy on the railhe said "son look yonder there!our doom is surely nearcan't ya feel it hear it blow a strong southwestern gale"we were blown to the dreaded beacha rope of strong within our reachfrom the people that had gathered from the townElsevere grabbed it in his handand started making for the landbut he looked and saw that I was almost drownedhe left the rope to rescue methey pulled me out of the dreadful seaI looked for Elsevere but he couldn't be foundwhen the storms blow hardi lie awake at nightand think about the one father ive knownhe saved my soul by giving up his lifejust like him who died to give us soul eternal hopewhen the people of Moonfleet are safe in their bedsthey hear the sounds of a struggle against the seafor the rhythm of the wave is steady in their headsthey thank god they're not fighting for their liveson Moonfleet Beach
