A Seafarer's Requiem

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A SEAFARER'S REQUIEM

LYRICS BY RALPH PRESSEL

© 1989 RALPH PRESSEL

 

Stanza #1:

Mate!  Time has come to pass the hot rum

With tales 'bout me and you.

Lifetimes near spent, lifelines soon rent,

'Cross vast lonely oceans of blue.

 

Stanza #2:

How sure I'd been then to voyage again.

Salt spray to face, so keen.

Yearnings divide.  Cruel mistress to ride

'Cross vast lonely oceans of green.

 

Stanza #3:

Mystery chained to nature untamed.

I passed through gates of dread.

No message freed.  A man's lonely deed

'Cross vast lonely oceans of red.

 

Stanza #4:

My body turns stone to feel how alone

We both were to wait that day —

Homeward bound race, desperate embrace

'Cross vast lone oceans of grey.

 

Stanza #5:

Endings tell lies to shadow-lit eyes.

No sailing chest to pack.

Soft lock of hair, last moment to share

'Cross vast lonely oceans of black.

 

Stanza #6:

Still, forevermore, as we lose sight of shore,

To sail the darkest night.

No way I would be without your company

'Cross vast lonely oceans of white.

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