Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin) (Album Version)

Goodbye, little Robin-Marie
Dont try following me
Dont cry, little Robin-Marie
Cause you know Im coming home soon
My ships leaving on a three-year tour
The next tide will take us from shore
Windlaced, gather in sail and spray
On a search for the mighty sperm whale
Fly your willow branches
Wrap your body round my soul
Lay down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets
There are years behind us reaching
To the place where hearts are beating
And I know youre the last true love Ill ever meet
And I know youre the last true love Ill ever meet
Starbucks sharpening his harpoon
The black man is playing his tune
An old salts sleeping his watch away
Hell be drunk again before noon
Three years sailing on bended knee
We found no whales in the sea
Dont cry, little Robin-Marie
Cause well be in sight of land soon
Fly your willow branches
Wrap your body round my soul
Lay down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets
There are years behind us reaching
To the place where hearts are beating
And I know youre the last true love Ill ever meet
And I know youre the last true love Ill ever meet