Old sailor's song

Come to the shore and dock your boat

Take off your shoes, take off your coat

Lend me your ears, sit next to me

I’ll tell you all about the sea

Shadows of blue and aqua green

A million hues remain unseen

Beneath the rumble of the wave

Prepare marine an early grave

Across the ocean’s golden floor
From lonely heart to busy shore
I sailed far I sailed deep

Until my soul began to weep

In silent night before daybreak

I dreamt of women half awake
A young girl’s smile, a golden curl

A silver lace, a sting of pearl

A woman dares to speak true words
While sailor sings along with birds
But in the silence of dark sea

A poet died inside of me

From port to port, from girl to girl

I learned to take and taste them all
Setting my conscience off to float
I sailed and aged inside my boat.

Now I am old and lonely man

My hair is white, my arms are tan

I traded care for treasure gold

Till my heart hardened dead and cold

Come to the shore and dock your boat

Take off your shoes, take off your coat

Lend me your ears, sit next to me

I’ll tell you all about the sea