Wait a minute baby...
Stay with me awhile
Said you'd give me light
But you never told be about the fire
[Instrumental]
Drowning, in the sea of love
Where everyone would love to drown
But now it's gone
It doesn't matter what for
When you build your house
Then call me home
And he was just like a great dark wing
Within the wings of a storm
I think I had met my match,
He was singing...
And undoing...
And undoing...
The laces
Undoing the laces
[Instrumental]
Said Sara, you're the poet in my heart
Never change, never stop
But now it's gone
It doesn't matter what for
But when you build your house
Then call me home
Hold on
The night is coming and the starling flew for days
I'd stay home at night
All the time
I'd go anywhere, anywhere, anywhere
Ask me and I'm there, (yeah)
Ask me and I'm there, I care (ooooooh)
In the sea of love
Where everyone would love to drown
But now it's gone
They say it doesn't matter anymore
When you build your house
Then please call me
Home....
Sara, you're the poet in my heart
Never change, and don't you ever stop (stop)
Now it's gone
No, it doesn't matter anymore
When you build your house
I'll come by
Sara, ahhh
Sara...ahhh...
(All I ever wanted
Was to know that you were dreaming
There's a heartbeat
And it never really died)
FADES OUT
For those of you who seem to remember Stevie had a best friend, they're right, but her name was Robin and she died of cancer. She had nothing to do with Sara. Nancy, who thinks that Sara is "the poet in" Stevie's heart, is sweet to think that Stevie ever writes straight-forward lyrics. However, most of the beauty of Stevie's songs is in the lyrical imagery. Yes, Sara is the poet in her heart, because she will never forget. I think Kim has the most accurate answer. It's the one I've heard most often, tho she and Don have certainly stayed friends since. In any case, whoever the father was, there's no doubt it was about a baby. The last words of the song proves it:
"All I ever wanted
Was to know that you were dreaming
There's a heartbeat
And it never really died"