You've been gone too long   Where can you be   They said three months   You'd come for me   I've shouted "where?"   Out at the sea   Cuz your my love, my family      I've waited for the leaves to fall   For old John Wayne to save us all   I want out both my hands and knees   I'm a desperate girl and that terrifies me      Can you hear me love?   My heart's the sea   It swirls and breaks    Since we can't be   I'm gonna build this sail   And they'll need me   Then we'll have kids, a family      I've waited for the leaves to fall   For old John Wayne to save us all   I want out both my hands and knees      I'm a desperate man and that terrifies me   (Hey, ey-)      Baby birds don't sing   In this old tree   And I've come down   Listen to the sea   So i must go   My bones cost me    To an earthen home to cradle me      I've waited for the leaves to fall   For old John Wayne to save us all   I want out both my hands and knees   I'm a desperate girl and that terrifies me      I praise the lord, now "I'll do it"   For an ancient promise   I could not keep   But I'm her lover   And death do me   This swirling ocean   Is the end of me      I've waited for the leaves to fall   For old John Wayne to save us all   I want out both my hands and knees      I'm a desperate man and that terrifies me   (Hey, ey-)