A haze of smoke rises in a leaden sky It was dawn when I awoke Picked up my things and said goodbye A whistle blows, you look up and I am gone Where I'm bound I do not know The morning came for leaving I will travel in shifting sands Write my name in water Subdue the tongue Carve an image in passing clouds Watch it drift and scatter And as the evening closes in At nine fifteen We pulled up beside the quay Into some town I've never seen I am a stranger here and I will travel in shifting sands Write my name in water Subdue the tongue (Carve an image in passing clouds Watch it drift and scatter I will travel in shifting sands Write my name in water Subdue the tongue Subdue the tongue