Lyrics
[Intro adlib]
Let me sit down and tell you a story, son,
'Bout the days when my journey had just begun.
[Verse 1]
Well, once I was at open sea,
My friends, they sailed right next to me.
With waves so high and skies so gray,
We faced the storm, come what may.
[Chorus]
Heave ho, through the tempest we’d go,
With the wind in our sails, and the salt in our bones.
Heave ho, to the ends of the sea,
With my mates by my side, it was enough for me.
[Verse 2]
But the sea's a fickle mistress true,
One day it's calm, the next it's cruel.
No, it don't stop the capitans cool,
So sailed until our lives came due,
[Chorus]
Heave ho, through the tempest we’d go,
With the wind in our sails, and the salt in our bones.
Heave ho, to the ends of the sea,
With my mates by my side, it was enough for me.
[Verse 3]
In the dark of night, with stars above,
We sang of home, of loss, of love.
Through every storm, we held on tight,
Guided by the lantern's light.
[Chorus]
Heave ho, through the tempest we’d go,
With the wind in our sails, and the salt in our bones.
Heave ho, to the ends of the sea,
With my mates by my side, that was enough for me.
[Verse 4]
Now many years have come and gone,
My friends ghost their luck went wrong.
And now I sit here singin me song
[Chorus]
Heave ho, through the tempest we’d go,
With the wind in our sails, and the salt in our bones.
Heave ho, to the ends of the sea,
With my mates by my side, that was enough for me.
[Verse]
Some days I'd like to give up hope,
My friends are ghosts, they got the rope,
But I still hear their voices clear,
In the ocean's roar, they're always near.
[Outro]
So listen close and heed this tale,
Of the love and loss within the gale.
For the sea, it giveth and taketh away,
But the bonds we forge, they forever stay
