There is a church bell

That rings on the hour

Filling the streets

Stopping the world awhile

Loud is the laughter

From in the schoolyard

Prickling my ears

Telling me time's passing by



Helene

Comfort me

Helene

I am falling



There is a name

I've replaced with my own

It's taken me years

Now it's dark and unknown

Though I scoff at the things

That I said long ago

I knew what I'd find

C'est toi mon bouchon, mon bouchon



Helene

Comfort me

Helene

I am falling



Try as you may

This is not my real home

And I miss how the sun

Comes up late in the morning

For all that I want

There is really not much you can do



Outside the harbor

The windsurfers ride

Working their sails

As navy ships lag behind

Off to a country

With waves full of grain

A boyhood of mine

And a dream that

Will always remain



Helene

Comfort me

Helene

I am falling