| Oh the ship I'm on |
| Time is what I ride |
| Forty winds |
| The captain and the tide |
| Well a sailor boy |
| Stole me from my home |
| And this sea of joy |
| Is the only life I've known |
| I would fly away |
| I would fly away |
| But I take the sea |
| For stranger days than these |
| Now a salty dog |
| Is caught up on the reef |
| And the bottom of the sea |
| She kisses in relief |
| She could fly away |
| She could fly away |
| But she takes the sea |
| For stranger days than these |
| So you trade your life |
| When something comes for you |
| And you bury the knife |
| Between the lies and truth |
| You could fly away |
| You could fly away |
| But you take the sea |
| For stranger days than these |
| And I take the sea |
| For stranger days than these |