Cromer Pier

My coat is buttoned against the weather as the North Sea breakers roar

The wind blows as it’s blown forever against this Norfolk shore

And with all the miles still left to cover I suppose that I should go

But there’s sunlight on the water and before I turn for home

I’ll take a walk on Cromer Pier and watch the seafront lights appear 

As the night begins to fall

Though to watch the sun go down behind the rooftops of this seaside town

Is bound to make me wish that you were here

On Cromer Pier

From the window of a New Street café I can see the waves roll in

Oystercatchers and seagulls flying, wheeling in the wind

And the theatre and the lifeboat station and the people walking by

And the sunlight on the water and the colour of the sky

So I’ll take a walk on Cromer Pier ...

There’s nothing but the raw power of the waves

And the changes in the light at the dying of the day

I know I should be leaving but something keeps me here

Looking out across the water on Cromer Pier

My coat is buttoned against the weather as the North Sea breakers roar

The wind blows as it’s blown forever against this Norfolk shore

There’s a boat out in the distance where the water meets the sky

And nothing else for miles except the weather and the tide

So I’ll take a walk on Cromer Pier...

©Liz Simcock 2007