The Song of the Sea

A sailor was I from the day I was born

On a ship listing mercilessly

With the salt in my blood , my head filled with storm

And my heart singing songs of the sea

Of the sea, of the sea

My heart singing songs of the sea

With the salt in my blood from the day I was born

My heart singing songs of the sea

For years did I travel this beckoning world

Strong winds in my soul did blow me

Restless I was for adventure and grog

My companions the storm and the sea

And the sea, and the sea,

My companions the storm and the sea

Restless I was for adventure and grog

With my heart singing songs of the sea

We stood once together, I recall your touch

As you cuddled ere closer to me

Your sweet cherry lips in the briefest of kiss

And my heart sang the song of the sea

Of the sea, of the sea

As you cuddled ere closer to me

Your sweet cherry lips in the briefest of kiss

With our hearts singing songs of the sea

My soul swam with angels on waves of pure love

On a voyage toward ecstasy

On a tradewind of happiness sent from above

As the gulls circled triumphantly

By the sea, by the sea

Where the gulls circle triumphantly

My soul swam with angels on waves of pure love

My heart sang the song of the sea

For a week we were lovers, my sweet Juliet

Unravelling the world’s mysteries

But every day must have its crimson sunset

As the night closes over the sea

O’er the sea, o’er the sea

As the night closes over the sea

Yet every day has its crimson sunset

Then the dark shrouds return o’er the sea

And as time creaks his weary bones, so we must go

Tumbling blindly on life’s cruel journey

A year I returned to the salt and the storm

All the while I was yearning for thee

On the sea, on the sea

Stumbling blindly through life’s cruel journey

Those months far away on the salt and the storm

All the while I was yearning for thee

I came back, though grizzled and scarred O I was

From a voyage through hellish high seas

I espied you a-draped over some salty sea-dog

Where once you were draped over me

Over me, over me

Where once you were draped over me

Laughing and kissing some salty sea-dog

When once you were happy with me

In the tavern the rum flowed, and I fell to thought

Of the ere-changing moods of the sea

And I smiled though my tears, though I was distraught

The solution smiled clearly to me

Clear to me, clear to me

The solution smiled clearly to me

Two pistol shots, and I never be caught

As two bodies are drunk by the sea

Originally a song, music by me. Flute arrangement by Russ McMahon.

Drums: Mike McMahon; Guitar: Dave Taylor; Flute: Russ McMahon; Me: Bass; Vocals: Owain 'Oz' Wright

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