A Common Turn

On our own little jetty jutting out in the lake
as I reached for the fish hook
he called my name,
'Look, Anna! it's a Common Tern'
'What do you love about me?' I asked him.
He paused, and then said 'I love how much
you love me'. I shuddered...
Maybe I'm done.
A Common Tern, a Common Tern.
A Common Tern, it's a Common Tern.
It's a Common Tern.
We watched the Common Terns
fly in and then stop dead:
suspended, and hung by a thread.
We held our breath, they held their place
then cried out, and dived down.
It's a Common Tern.

I had a common turn lying in bed next to him
I tried to explain,
I take his hook out from my cheek
and place it in his hand.
A Common Tern, it's a Common Tern.
A Common Tern, it's a Common Tern.
It's a Common Tern.
We watched the Common Terns
fly in and then stop dead:
suspended, and hung by a thread.
We held our breath, they held their place
then cried out, and dived down,
and flew overhead,
I'm sorry it's just a common turn