UMIAK HEART
   A Diomede Waltz


your (C)heart is a (G)walrus-skin (C)boat
a (F)relic from sepia (G)days
and all the (F)days before (Em)photos filled (G)history's (Am)haze
(Dm)ooh ooh ...  (G)sailing a(C)way

sometimes we build things that won't float
boat just won't make the journey it craves
another shining titanic gone down in the waves
ooh ooh …  sailing away


the old songs get stuck in my throat
the new winds blow hard in my face
facing west from the shores of a faraway time and place
ooh ooh …  sailing away

time passes with no antidote
sun pours light down in weakening rays
every milestone a footnoted phase
the past grows cute like a baby as the grizzled hair greys
ooh ooh … sailing away

your boat is your umiak heart
a throwback to journeys gone by
and bygones and beacons and wandering why
ooh ooh … sailing away
ooh ooh … sailing away
sailing a(F)way in a (G)walrus-skin (Em)boat 
			with your (Am)umiak (Dm)heart 
						on a (G)course to the (C)sky