I set me down on the highest rock On the hill at Big Sur It was dark and all the stars were spread out wide As wide as my love for her I was sure that I was falling I felt time and space extend And I thought I heard her calling from the place The place where words end Where words end That's where my love begins And reaches just as far As any distant star Where words end There'll be no might have beens She'll be waiting for me there Just across the river Where all the words end So I gave some thanks to silence And for all the good it's done As a brand new constellation Bloomed in space In the shape of my mother's face In that starry dome of silence You could have heard a falling pin She was standing in a silver crown of grace And I watched her stars ascend Where words end That's where my love begins And reaches just as far As any distant star Where words end There'll be no might have beens She'll be waiting my best friend Just across the river Just across the river Just across the river Where all the words end Where all the words end