Inland Sea

That summer I fell in love with a video actress
So deeply and sweetly it shook my resolve to be faithful to my Marie
I was there when they said goodbye near the bay in Wisconsin,
Knowing my silence revealed as much
as the light on that inland sea
Marie gave her the hat she'd worn as a going away gift
It would have made her look bad, of course,
But it might have saved her skin
Like one of those hats that the children wore
in that old movie "Exodus"
The color of sand on that poor young girl,
Unaware of the danger she was in
Love's a terrible power, my friend,
much greater than humans
Yet people still lie on the beach, and some even think it's fun
Somehow we survived, of course, and I'll never forget her
Burned hands like a baby's reach for the power of the sun