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
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
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
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
There, obedience blessed