[Verse 1]
Song to a seagull, Isle of Islay
Moonfire and brandy wine
Float the canals in a rowboat of grey
8-track and paisley vine

[Chorus]
Hope in the going
In the quiet there is knowing
In the rythm of the rowing
Boy as a father with arms of a man
Showing us how to keep on
Rowing

[Verse 2]
Sisters of mercy in saturday clothes
Smugler and tinderbox
Leatherbound trilogy, a garden that grows
Open the saltwater locks

[Chorus]
Hope in the going
In the quiet there is knowing
In the rythm of the rowing
Boy as a father with arms of a man
Showing us how to keep on
Rowing
[Post-Chorus]
Keep rowing
Rowing
Keep rowing

[Outro]
Rowing
Keep rowing
Rowing
Keep rowing