The light sparkled on the water, as if the flashes were white flames
And the jealous sea took back its place, with tide its place reclaims
The salt tasted of adventure, and the sea spray felt like need
As the women on the quayside, prayed their men came back with speed.
And the ship, with all its rigging creaked a fond farewell,
Rolling gently on the comfort of the ever flowing swell.
That’s when I saw her standing, in the sunlight on the shoreline
More beloved then any goddess, more revered than any shrine
She stood with eyes that sparkled, like the seas own dancing lights
And she breathed with all the passion that calls and me invites
So I stood there watching still and calm, and I knew full well that day
That I’d come back to her forevermore as there was no other way
She is the one that holds my heart, she is the one for me
And so I traveled fast and hard, till the two of us were we.
And now I’m old and haggard and the lady she is to
Soon both of us will pass this life, so this I tell to you.
If I could see her stand again, on the beach down by the sea
I’d leave the ship and stay with her, she’d have more time with me.
For adventure is exciting, and the world is full of wonder
But the love you have for someone else, could pull the globe asunder.