[Verse 1]

Just a man with a boat

That I saw in a picture long ago

Just a magazine ad

Of an old wooden ship

Brightly lit at the stern

And he smiled as he

Waved at me

Over his shoulder

Saying, come sail with me

Welcome aboard

[Verse 2]

Just a memory

Somewhere to be when you're

Too young to run

Where each angry word

Would drown in the sound of the sea

And we'd laugh as we

Towed the line

Of a candy-cane anchor

I was one of his

Black and blue children

Fishing for angels at sea

[Chorus]

It's Pablo's lights

That I dream of by the riverside

That I see as the horizon

Folds up for the day

I've got the soul of the mainland

On my A.M. dial

But oh, what a welcome sight

To see Pablo's lights

[Verse 3]

And I'd wait for him

I could hear his diesel humming

And we'd sing along

And together we'd sound

Like a symphony

That would take me far away

From the bruises

Of the shore line

Where I'd no longer hear

The sounds of fighting

Ringing inside my head

[Chorus]

It's Pablo's lights

That I dream of by the riverside

That I see as the horizon

Folds up for the day

I've got the soul of the mainland

On my A.M. dial

But oh, what a welcome sight

To see Pablo's lights

[Bridge]

Let them shine

It won't hurt so bad

For so long this time

Long as they shine

And I can see them

Burning bright

[Verse 4]

Now I steal these words

And these phrases from my life

Rearrange them some

And they still cut like a knife

But I'll make peace with them

Silence forever

The slap of yesterday

Until then I'll go off

Somewhere inside my head

[Chorus]

It's Pablo's lights

That I dream of by the riverside

That I see as the horizon

Folds up for the day

I've got the soul of the mainland

On my A.M. dial

But oh, what a welcome sight

Oh, what a welcome sight

Oh, what a welcome sight

To see Pablo's lights

Let them shine