At twenty-four They met on the Kitsilano shore With every turn of his hand she moves And the river shines ♪ Then warning came Bend your knees, boy, and go astray With a whisper in his ear she said What pulls on you will take me, too Steady in the stormy A marker in the making The shore forgives the tide Holding in the deep is Your name between his teeth The shore forgives the tide ♪ Wasn't it true That staying near the home that you knew Was small and weak But the wiser do, it seems You always had a way of finding magic in the moment You always had a way of finding magic in the moment Steady in the stormy A marker in the making The shore forgives the tide Holding in the deep is Your name between his teeth No day so quickly passes I know the thought of you rings true And the shore forgives the tide