It's a hazy winter's day
   And I'm staring out on the southland
   In the twilight distance on the bay
   My mind sees you running through the marshland
   All these years I've been waiting for you
   Through the high tides and the low tides too
   But if I stop now how could I ever be with you?
  
   It's a long race
   If I try I will surely finish
   It's a long race
   If I try I will surely win it
   Some day some night with you
  
   There's a village on the lower Eastern Shore
   Where the watermen's boats are anchored
   And they work so hard all day long
   Showing me what you want to go after
   All these years I've been pushing so hard
   Through the high times and the low times too
   But if I stop now
   How could I know what I could do?
  
  
   It's a long race
   If I try I will surely finish
   It's a long race
   If I try I will surely win it
   Some day some night with you