Emma Ruth Rundle
The Sea Will Keep You Safe
(My little dude, my little angel)
Lover, with those eyes of jade
Where have you been? What have you said?
Lover, in those clothes of mine
Where have you been all this time?
And if I lie down by the water line
The sea will keep you safe again tonight
Darling, with my name engraved
On your skin beneath the waves
You are sleeping like a saint
Until the day when you awake
And come to where I lie by the water
The sea will keep you safe again tonight
I’ll put treasures and things
Into the water, into the sea
Not one single thing I’ll keep
I’ll go in the water if you’ll come back to me
Lover, with those eyes of jade
Where have you been? What have you said?
Darling, in those clothes of mine
Where have you been all of this time?
And if I lie down by the water line
The sea will keep you safe again tonight