small boy finger in a dike can't stop this tide god knows i tried small boy just a child yourself i can't think how it must have felt i can't think how it must have felt can't hold the tide back if i couldn't how could you have? can't hold the tide back if i couldn't how could you have had? if i couldn't how could you have had? and you i'm glad you're alive i hope you're alive? or did you get caught in my tide? i think you got caught up in mine i think you got caught up in mine