Kansas Portrait Lyrics

Portrait Lyrics

(Steve Walsh/Phil Ehart/Robert Steinhardt)
I heard the men saying
something
The captains tell they pay you well
And they say they need
sailing men to
Show the way and leave today
Was it you that said,
"How long?"
They say the sea turns so dark that
You know it's
time, you see the sign
They say the point demons guard is
An ocean grave
for all the brave
Was it you that said, "How long, how long,
How
long to the point of know return?"
Your father, he said he needs
you
Your mother, she said she loves you
Your brothers, they echo the
words
"How far to the point of know return?"
"Well, how
long?"
Today I found a message floating
In the sea from you to
me
You wrote that when you could see it
You cried with fear, the point
was near
Was it you that said, "How long
To the point of know
return?"