(C#m)  Asm
1. Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea
   F#m                           Asm
   Waves sweep the sand from my island.
   C#m           F#m
   My sunsets fade. Field and glade
   Asm
   wait only for rain
   F#m                     Asm
   Grain after grain love erodes my
   C#m                  Asm
   High weathered walls which fend off the tide
   F#m                  Asm   C#m
   Cradle the wind to my island.

2. Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
   Mournfully glide o'er my island.
   My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale,
   Dissolves in the sun.
   Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run
   Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls know my eyes
   Violet skies touch my island, touch me.

   E                        A
R: Beneath the wind turned wave
   E         A
   Infinite peace
   E              A                     E
   Islands join hands 'Neathe heaven's sea.

3. Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
   Hungrily reach from my island.
   Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds
   Are strewn on my shore.
   Equal in love, bound in circles.
   Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
   Waves sweep sand from my island, from me.