Lyrics Paper Boats - Cara Salimando

I saw the water
Beyond the buildings
Young boys were floating
Paper boats

I saw the lanterns
Along the shoreline
People were dancing in
Summer clothes

I saw the sunset
Turn the sky bright red
It made my heart start to beat
In and out of tempo

And all the young boys' boats
Fill up with water and
I see the struggle
They fail to float

One boy screams,
"Didn't you
Don't you know
That I dream too?"
He screams,
"Didn't you
Don't you know
That I dreamed of you?"

Across the water
The sailor's daughter
Walks among seagulls
Down at the docks

She hums a sea song and
Picks up a small stone
She throws it, desperate
And hears it drop

And all the seagulls
Scatter and startle
Their silhouettes so black
Against the red of the sky

The sailor's daughter
Sees a boat of paper and
Across the water
A young boy hopes

And she screams,
"Didn't you
Don't you know
That I dream too?"
She screams,
"Didn't you
Don't you know
That I dreamed of you?"

I saw the water
Beyond the buildings
The young boy sends off
A paper boat

Across the water
The sailor's daughter
Watches the harbor
For some small hope

The sailor's daughter
Sees a boat of paper
She picks it up
And carries it carefully inside

Sets it on the shelf
With all of the others
From a lover
On the other side

And she didn't
She doesn't know
That he dreams too and
He did and he does still
Dream of her too
Of her too
Of her too

I dreamed of you
Of you
Of you
Of you

Don't you know?
Don't you know?
Don't you know?