[Verse 1]
Picture of me on your color TV
Betty's holding the helm
Skin's a-salty with the breeze
Gotta look when you open those books
I dream of the sea big ships is meant for

[Chorus]
Maybe I'm meant for the sea
It's there swinging from my family tree

[Verse 2]
Startin' to breathe so heavily
Grandpa's telling me of his days in the Navy
I was alive for a moment you see
It was there when I woke
It was there when I would—

[Chorus]
Maybe I'm meant for the sea
It's there swinging from my family tree
Maybe I'm meant for the sea
Grandpa Albert had it made for me

[Bridge]
Maybe I'm meant for the sea
We pass it by so passively
And all that's said is what we know
We'll watch it come, we'll watch it go
And underneath, it's plain to see
That we're not meant for history
[Chorus]
Maybe I'm meant for the sea
It's there swinging from my family tree
Maybe I'm meant for the sea
Grandpa Albert had it made for me

[Outro]
(Da, da-da-dum, da-da, da-da-dum, da-da-dum)