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Oh, sailors, oh, sailors, let's raise a glass
Oh, sailors, oh, sailors, let's make it last
Oh, sailors, oh, sailors, to the winds we'll toast
And sail the uncharted coast
Oh, the waves crash and roar
As we sail to distant shores
Oh, captains, oh, captains, hear the call of the tide
Oh, brethren, oh, brethren, with courage as our guide
The compass spins a frantic dance
The North Star whispers: take no chance
The satellites in silent rows
Watch how the tired ocean flows
Old maps are drawings of a dream
A faded, forgotten sunlit gleam
The coast is known, the sea is tamed
The world completely named
The endless blue, a measured space
A line is drawn on every face
I chase a phantom, distant call
Before that final curtain fall
A sailor's tale, this tearful plea
For shores that eyes will never see
The reckless tide, a lonely quest
To the north, the south, east or west
I saw the seven peaks of old
Their stories have been bought and sold
A walk on sands of every shore
I heard the same familiar roar
The endless blue, a cold embrace
No wonder in this tired place
Still I pursue that fading call
And watch the last horizons fall
A sailor's tale, the wind and me
For coasts my eyes were meant to see
Where I can put my heart to rest
In the north, the south, east or west
They sold the stars, they own the deep
While restless spirits cannot sleep
I pull the ropes, I mend the sail
Against a truth that will prevail
The only blank space I can find
Is deep within my own mind