I wonder why the sun keeps rising, rising
How can it shine without you
I wonder how the flowers keep growing, showing
That life goes on without you
I see you smile, I hear your thoughts
Like lights on my dull day
But I can’t reach and touch you
Now you’re one whole life away
When I think of all the times we’ve had
The tears come fighting through
The world may not stop turning
But I still cry for you
I wonder why the sea keeps falling, rising, falling, rising,
How tides still turn without you
I wonder how the wind keeps blowing showing
That life goes on without you
I feel the sun and wind and watch the swelling of the sea
Without you there to join me
It’s a frozen world for me
When I think of all the times we’ve had
The tears come fighting through
The world may not stop turning
But I still cry for you
Words & Music by Sue Casson
Piano/vocals Casson
Violin Jacqueline Dennett
Recorded at Coachroad Studios
by David Oversby-Powell
Beachcomber is an ongoing project
Image by Lily Blackmore
For You was written for Two Tigers, a musical biography of short story writer Katherine Mansfield. Her younger brother Lesley was killed in the First World War, and this song was inspired by a poem she wrote afterwards - To L.H.B.