Foghorn Choir

[Intro]

Mmm... (low foghorn hum)

Ooh-oh-oh

[Verse 1]

Fog came in at half past five, swallowed up the street,

Even the gulls went quiet, nobody on their feet.

I kept my words in my coat pocket, folded small and tight,

Watched the harbour windows turn to yellow, warm and bright.

[Pre-Chorus]

Then a low note rolls across the water,

And I feel it in my chest.

[Chorus]

Sing with the foghorn, sing till the fog gives in,

Every voice on the harbour wall, let the whole town in.

We don’t need to find the words, we just need to begin,

Sing with the foghorn, sing with the foghorn — hey!

[Verse 2]

Baker unlocks the shutters, whistles half a tune,

Two boys with a football kicking shadows in the gloom.

The ferry bell is answering, the buoys ring along,

I’m done with keeping quiet — I’ve been waiting all day for a song.

[Pre-Chorus]

Then a low note rolls across the water,

And I feel it in my chest.

[Chorus]

Sing with the foghorn, sing till the fog gives in,

Every voice on the harbour wall, let the whole town in.

We don’t need to find the words, we just need to begin,

Sing with the foghorn, sing with the foghorn — hey!

[Bridge]

I was holding it in, I was holding it in,

But the sound goes further when we sing it, when we sing it.

[Final Chorus]

Sing with the foghorn, sing till the fog gives in,

Every voice on the harbour wall, let the whole town in.

We don’t need to find the words, we just need to begin,

Sing with the foghorn, sing with the foghorn —

Hey! Hey! Sing with the foghorn, hey!

[Outro]

Mmm... (low foghorn hum)

Ooh-oh-oh