It's quarter to four My mind is awake Its finding the pathways that memories take I find you the way I remember you best On Burnt Island lake in your blue mermaid dress I remember you sitting there in the door It was August of nineteen ninety four The summer we swam in the green reservoir There was a song in the hollow of every guitar All our love yet unmade All our wine yet to drink All the fresh garden basil in your kitchen sink I remember you sitting crouched in the door There's no you to even sing this to anymore Where you are now I can't even guess But I remember you In your blue mermaid dress Your blue mermaid dress always got in our way Like your hair in our mouths in the heat of the day I remember you loved to jump from rock to rock I remember you on your cottage dock Where we rolled and made love and we laughed all day Our laughter ricocheted all around the bay Your blue mermaid dress all around your waist I wanted you for so long And you gave me a taste I built us a fire Remember that? Sam Cooke was singing That's Where Its At Aretha knew just how I made you feel And suddenly all of their music was real But songs all resolve They come back to the one While people just live with the damage they've done Every song that I've loved I count as my friend Not even the band knows how this one will end Cause where you are now I can't even guess But I remember you In your blue mermaid dress Its quarter to five And my friends are asleep These are the hours that memories keep I was always a nighthawk But I'm sleeping less Remembering you in your blue mermaid dress