Lyrics

As a child I watched the ships come in
And every morning they’d go back out again
Billowed sails taught against the wind, in the morning
And every sailor that’s ever been to sea
Could tell you stories of how it used to be
We’d sit and listen, my family and me, til the morning

Til the morning the strength in their eyes
When they’d sail with the wind and the tide
Til the morning we’d lie, then we’d say our goodbyes

There is a young girl come down from the hills
With an ocean of life to be filled
The waves come crashing but I need her still, til the morning
And like a calm that descends on the bay

She comes to me and I hope she stays
Until that time when we’re sailing away in the morning

Til the morning the strength in her eyes
When they’d sail with the wind and the tide
Til the morning we’d lie, then we’d say our goodbyes

I am an old man and long for the sea
And like the dolphin I long to be free
With the waves and the wind and the sea, til the morning