Well I'm leaving my family
I'm leaving all my friends
My body's at home, but my heart's in the wind
And the clouds are like headlines
Upon a new frontpage sky
My tears are saltwater, the moon's full and high

And I know Joe Conrad
Would be proud of me
Many before me been called by the sea
To be up in the crow's nest
Singing my saying
Shiver me timbers, let's all sail away

And the fog's lifting, the sand's shifting
I'm drifting on out
Ol' Captain Ahab got nothing on me
Swallow me; don't follow me
I'm travelling alone
The water's my daughter
I skip like a stone

And the fog's lifting, the sand's shifting
I'm drifting on out
Ol' Captain Ahab got nothing on me
Oh! Swallow me; don't follow me
I'm travelling alone
The water, she is my daughter
I skip like a stone
Won't you please call my family?
Tell 'em not to cry
My goodbyes are written by the moon in the sky
Say, nobody knows me
I got no reason to stay
Shiver me timbers
I'm sailing
Away

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