Pause

Twilight flicker sky, star-pricks bright

Fishing boats on the water working through the night

Sailors’ wives porch lights ‘cross the way

O should I go or should I stay

Well papa’s been waiting for his girl to come home

Mom’s been tired been working, been alone

So I told ‘em I’d see ‘em when April turned May

Should I go or should I stay

O can I pause it all

Not cease it, but stall it

To stay just a little while longer

O can I pause it all

Not cease it, but stall it

To stay just a little while longer

If I linger in these sunsets ‘til orange melts navy

And day sinks behind the trees across the bay

Will longing melt me sink me right down low’Oh

If I stay or if I go

O If I stay or if I go

Cherry blossoms by the chapel and a bloom of prayer

Hands open like a flower asking ‘Here or there?’

I’m learning to be quiet but the answer comes slow’Oh

Should I stay or should I go

O can I pause it all

Not cease it, but stall it

To stay just a little while longer

O can I pause it all

Not cease it, but stall it

To stay just a little while longer

Here, the life of the mind and the country quiet

There, to sit and to serve by my father’s side

Here, good work and good rest

There, obedience blessed