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Why can't I be like the lighthouse

Standing guard in the night

Guiding the ships to safety

Through the storm with her powerful light

Sometimes the storms of life

Take us far apart

Someone moves on then

To find a brand new start

Somewhere within my heart

Lie the words I want to say

Sometimes something happens

And they come out in a very wrong way

Patience is a virtue

One I never seemed to show

Maybe if I had said something

You would have never had to go

Now we both are here

Two ships passing in the night

I will never have the backbone

Like that lighthouse in the storm tonight

But as I drift upon the sea

You will be right by my side

And I can never forget you

As we sail upon her rolling tides



Written by:  S. Matheson
3/6/2004

Why Can't I Be LIke The Lighthouse