[Verse 1]
Better keep your distance from this whale
Better keep your boat from going astray
Find yourself a partner and treat them well
Try to give them shelter night and day

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause here in this blue light
Far away from the fireside
Things can get twisted and crazy and crowded
And you can’t even feel alright

[Chorus]
So I dream of Columbus
Every time the panic starts
You dream of Columbus
With your maps and your beautiful charts
You dream of Columbus
With an ache in your traveling heart

[Verse 2]
See how the cormorant swoops and dives
Must be some thrill to go that deep
Down to the basеment of this life
Down to wherе the mermaids gently sleep
[Pre-Chorus]
Not like here in this blue light
Far away from the fireside
Where things can get twisted and haunted and crowded
You can't even feel alright

[Chorus]
So you dream of Columbus
Every time the panic starts
You dream of Columbus
With your maps and your beautiful charts
You dream of Columbus

[Bridge]
And as the tide must ebb and flow
I am dragged down under
And I wait the livelong day
For an end to my hunger

[Chorus]
So I dream of Columbus
Every time the panic starts
I dream of Columbus
With my maps and my beautiful charts
I dream of Columbus
And there's peace in this traveling heart
[Refrain]
Dream of Columbus
I dream of Columbus
Dream of Columbus
Dream of Columbus