Constellations

Jack Johnson · Jack Johnson & Friends: - Best Of Kokua Festival [2012]

The light was leaving in the west it was blue

The children's laughter sang

Skipping just like the stones they threw

Their voices echoed across the waves

Its getting late



It was just another night

With a sunset and a moonrise

Not so far behind

To give us just enough light

To lay down underneath the stars

We listened to Papa's translations

Of the stories across the sky

We drew our own constellations



The west winds often last too long

And when they calm down

Nothing ever feels the same

Shletered under the Kamani tree

Waiting for the passing rain

Clouds keep moving to uncover the sea

Of stars up above us chasing the day away

A way to find the stories the we sometimes need

Listen close enough and all else fades away

Fades away



It was just another night

With a sunset and a moonrise

Not so far behind

To give us just enough light

To lay down underneath the stars

Listen to all translations

Of the stories across the sky

We drew our own constellations