Ship Upon the Ocean

There's a ship upon the ocean there's a ship upon the sea

There's an aching in this old man's heart for what can never be

There's a dream in the shadows and a wolf on the loose

There's a man upon the gallows with his head inside a noose

There's a new baby crying for the promise you have made

There's an old lady dying for the soul that she will trade

There's a lifetime of wishing for that green across the hill

Some folks come to see the light some folks never will

And there's so many pictures of dreams in my mind

So many fragments of the things I've left behind

But I'd give 'em all up for one sweet night with you

To wake up in the morning see the flowers dipped in dew

One sweet night with you

There's a lion in the jungle looking for a meal

There's a thief at your window for your heart to steal

Your heart'll be your anchor your heart'll be your guide

And you won't have to thank her all she'll take from you is pride

Well this old ship is leaking I fear it's sinking fast

The life boats are creaking with the sorrows of the past

But the joy that I find just looking in your eyes

Overwhelms the ocean and the rising of the tides

And I love you more than magic more than rhyme upon the page

More than Juliet was tragic more than time or my old age

When this ship of fools sets sail for that far distant port

All the waves will whisper Thank god you came aboard

And there's so many pictures of dreams in my mind

So many fragments of the things I've left behind

But I'd give 'em all up for one sweet night with you

To wake up in the morning see the flowers dipped with dew

One sweet night with you

Now I feel you breathing you tremble like a bird

I hear your soft voice singing like the first time I heard

Your voice it was like magic a potion for my soul

Lifted me up to the sky from this deep dark black hole

You are the answer to what I'm looking for

You are the reason I'm walking through the door

You're the music that sets my heart to dance

You're my burning candle you're my romance

You are the power behind the throne

You are the tower you are the stone

You're the sunshine that brightens up my day

Love of my life never go away

And there's so many pictures of dreams in my mind

So many fragments of the things I've left behind

I'd give 'em all up for one sweet night with you

To wake up in the morning see the flowers dipped with dew

One sweet night with you

And all the things I've got send them off to sea

Just to be your one true love you mean that much to me

You mean that much to me my love you mean that much to me

I'd take everything I've got and send it off to sea