I'll build a house- of waternI'm searching high- and lownUnderneath the wavesnWhere they hit the rocky shorenOut by the lighthousennHeard nature sayn“I'm sorry-nFor stones and trees down belownFor those who tumble in God's namenTo an early gravenInto the sea and foamnLike ships tossed in a storm”nAnd I'm standing all alonenOut by the lighthousennI'll build a house- of papernCovered with words I could readnShe had to teach me what to saynBut every year we stayednOut by the lighthousennI'll build a house- so levelnWith 7 walls- long and truenThe day we raised that roof up highnUnto the fading lightnWe sang the whole night throughnNo one needed proofnAnd I could see the moonnOut by the lighthouse