I dreamt I saw a woman
Standing by the strand
Waiting for her people
To come in from the land.
Waiting there for seven days
She built a fire in the sand
Waiting for her people
To come in from the land.
She had the look of a refugee
Hiding in her eyes
And when I tried to talk to her
She answered with a cry.
And pointed to the water
Out beyond the harbour line
Where a thousand ships lay waiting
They lay waiting for my sign