I was a child then As I guess I still am now I wrote you letters You could not read And if I ever die As I eventually will do I'll see you on the burning street We went to Wales, oh, On a sailboat In a lightning storm She covered up my face, wooh, Not to hide me up But to keep me warm. We went to Wales, oh, On a sailboat In a lightning storm She covered up my face, wooh, Not to hide me up But to keep me warm I stayed up counting stars And hungering for you To find out what the kid was named And in the lonely dark That always precedes you I was the secret in your game. We went to Wales, oh, On a sailboat In a lightning storm She covered up my face, wooh, Not to hide me up But to keep me warm We went to Wales, oh, On a sailboat In a lightning storm She covered up my face, wooh, Not to hide me up But to keep me warm Beneath our storm Like she's always done Like she's always done Like she's always done Like she's always done Like she's always done Like she's always done We went to Wales, oh, On a sailboat In a lightning storm She covered up my face, wooh, Not to hide me up But to keep me warm Like she's always done