Many a long year have I sailed my little ship on the high, sighing seas
I know the hunger of a sailor’s heart and the taste of the salty breeze
The sea is as stormy as a rose is thorny
I sail through storms of depression and anxiety
No matter how far I sail, it seems the sea won’t bring you back to me
I know somewhere the sun is shining, some other place, some other time
You are across the ocean blue
That’s why I am so blue
That’s why the sea is salty
Many a long year have I cried a tear and yet the ocean holds more
More than all the sorrow from all the tomorrows of the lovelorn sailors longing for the shore
I know the hunger of a sailor’s heart
I know the distance that we’re apart
I know the courage of a captain
I know the past and what’s happenin’
Many a long year have I cried a tear
And nobody knows but the sea
