(Small a speck in the wide blue sea 'Tis the last of all the land A dweller upon our lonesome isle The last lonely man) On weary nights under stars He'd ofter lay and gaze Up towards the moon and stars The sun's dying haze Time and again Orion's light Filled our man with joy Within the belt he'd see his love Remembering her voice Such is life upon the isle Of torment and woe One day good, one day bad And some days even hope The light at the end of the world Burns bright for mile and mile Yet tends the man its golden glow In misery all the while (For fifty years he stands and wait Atop the light alone Looking down upon his isle The Gods have made his home) A deity felt sympathy And threw our man a light - 'Your woman you may see Again for a single night' - 'I'll tend the light for one more night With the woman whom I love' Screamed the man with tearful eyes To the deity above And so it was that very night His lover did return To his arms and to their bed Together they did turn In deepest love and lust for life Entwined they did fall Lost within each other's arms They danced Her hair, long and black The dark beauty of her eyes Olive skin and warm embrace Her memory never dies Agony, like none before Was suffered by our man Anger raged and misery too Like nothing ever before (His sacrifice was not so great He insists upon the world Again he would crime, again he would pay For one moment with the girl) Long was the night filled with love For them the world was done Awoke he did to brightest light His woman and life had gone To his feet he leapt, to the sea he looked To the lighthouse on the stone The price is paid and from now on He lives forever alone Fifty years have passed since then And not a soul has he seen But his woman lives with him still In every single dream Tis sad to hear how young love has died To know that alone someone has cried But memories are ours to keep To live them again, in our sleep