The Island - Patrick Sweany

Sister in law, shake my hand

Left us here to wonder 'bout things unsaid

It’s hard to see just how it starts

Shipwrecked mind leaves a shipwrecked heart

You gotta build a boat if you wanna leave the island

Brother in law, gone way too fast

Left us here to stand, talk about the past

It makes no sense what and where

People stop by, cry and stare

It’s an ocean filled with tears

All around the island

Mother in law

It’s a crying shame

Lord it tears your heart

Stress and strain

See your baby

Off the starboard bow

Oh slippin' away, divin' down

When the tide goes out

You know they leave the island

Oh darling wife, can’t hide the tears

Felt it coming on this way for years

They say goodbye, all around that bed

Then came June, what can be said?

Ain’t the way, lord it’s supposed to be

Go and leave the island