Ocean Crossing

words and music by Arlo Guthrie



Looked into your eyes this morning

You were far away

You must have known I was looking for you

You knew you couldn't stay

All these winds blowin' on me

Blowing in the nighttime lonely

Blew on over the ocean to you

Blew my words away



Put on your heavenly shoes babe

Walk around the clouds

You know that's where I'm bound to be now

I'm coming with the crowds

All these faces looking at me

Looking through me I don't mind

I just seen your face a-worrying

I loved you when you cried



Take my hand across the water

You won't leave no tracks behind

Step all over the moon lit ocean

It's only in your mind

All these thoughts just rip me

Who can heal a heart that's broken

Like the winds that blow unspoken

Blow my love away