Out on the Rolling Sea - Bahamas Folk & Calypso Ensemble

I'm a ship, I'm a ship, I'm a ship Out on the sea None of my love Floating wild come back to me So I write you a letter, I'll write you a letter With this here pen Don't make me wait, don't make me wait 'Cause I'm your friend I'm in love with the garden That is down the street And the earth is a warm thing under my feet And the earth is a warm thing under my feet Oh, long streams of light Lift me from this dirty town 'Cause I am losing stain Soak me, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah With rain, rain, rain, rain Oh, I'm a ship, I'm a ship, I'm a ship Out on the sea And all these clouds flying by so fast Well, they confuse me And the long leaves in the tall trees Pale in the sunshine And I was twistin' and turnin' In the cool sheets past bed time Plant me in the garden Don't you let me roam 'Cause love is a feeling like a warm dark stone Plant me in the garden Don't you let me roam 'Cause love is a feeling like a warm dark stone Yeah, love is a feeling like a warm dark stone Love is a feeling like a warm dark stone Plant me in the garden Don't you let me roam 'Cause love is a feeling like a warm dark stone Yeah, love is a feeling like a warm dark stone Love is a feeling like a warm dark stone

Oh you slipped away from the harbour side In the morning bright and clear And your sails were filled with the rising wind And you laughed for all to hear But you never glanced at the ragged dance Of your lovers on the quay Don't call on them when the winds rise high On the dark and the rolling sea Oh you set your course for the furthest shores And you never once looked back And the flag you flew was a pirate cross On a field of velvet black And those landsmen who you but lately knew Were left stranded on the lea Don't call on them when the storm clouds rise On the dark and the rolling sea Oh I have no need of a chart or creed You told your waiting crew For the winds of chance, they will bear us straight And you spoke as though you knew So you paid no mind to the warning signs As you gave your words so free Don't change your tack when the timbers crack On the dark and the rolling sea Now the thunder rails in the great mainsails And the stars desert the skies And the rigging strains as the hands of rain Reach down to wash your eyes And your oarsmen stands with his knife in hand And his eyes spell mutiny Don't call my name when your ship goes down On the dark and the rolling sea

Everything is wrong since me and my baby parted All day long I'm walkin' 'cause I couldn't get my car started Laid off from my job and I can't afford to check it I wish somebody'd come along and run into it and wreck it Come on, since me and my baby parted Come on, I can't get started Come on, I can't afford to check I wish somebody'd come along and run into it and wreck it Everything is wrong since I've been without you Ev'ry night I lay awake thinkin' about you Ev'ry time the phone rings it sounds like thunder Some stupid guy try'n' to reach another number Come on, since I've been without you Come on, always thinkin' about you Come on, phone sounds like thunder Some stupid guy try'n' to reach another number Everything is wrong since I last saw you, baby I really wanna see you and I don't mean maybe I'm doin' ev'rything try'n' to make you see That I belong to you, hon, and you belong to me Come on, I wanna see you, baby Come on, I don't mean maybe Come on, I'm try'n' to make you see That I belong to you and you belong to me Come on, I gotta see you, baby Come on, I don't mean maybe Come on, I've gotta make you see That I belong to you and you belong to me Come on, come on, come on, come on

I was out in the city I was out in the rain I was feeling down hearted I was drinking again I was standing by the bridges Where the dark water flows I was talking to a stranger About times long ago I was young I was foolish I was angry I was vain I was charming I was lucky Tell me how have I changed Now I'm out Yes, out of control Now I'm out Yes, out of control Lord, help me now And the girls in the doorway And the boys in the game And the drunks and the homeless They all know me And the police on the corner Give a nod and a wave As they point me To my final destination I was young I was foolish I was angry I was vain I was charming I was out there Tell me how have I changed Now I'm out Yes, out of control Now I'm out Yes, out of control Lord, help me now In the hotel I'm excited By the smile on her face But I wondered How was time Gonna change her I was young I was foolish I was angry I was vain I was charming I was out there Tell me how have I changed Now I'm out Yes, out of control Now I'm out Yes, out of control Now I'm out Yes, out of control Now I'm out Yes, out of control