Lyrics

The sea can feed your family, make you brave and humble too
She’ll bring you riches, make you strong, steal the breath right out of you
You must respect her wild heart. You know it’s always “her way”
And if you’re lucky, brother, hold on tight! You’ll sail another day!

Chorus
I was born to sail the great blue sea
Feel the sun and wind and salty rain come crashing over me
I was born to sail the great blue sea
And there’s no life on this land that makes you come to understand
Oh, the power and the love of feeling free — but on the sea.

You’ll work yourself in ways you never thought your body could
Sail storms so fierce and thick you’d swear there was no good
Some winds will come like hallowed screams and bring you to your knees
Just hold your course, chart the stars, and lean into the breeze! (Chorus)

Bridge
There’s hell on board, Capt’n orders on for more
It’s already been a 30 hour day
Waves collide, Northern winds tangle tides
Near the place where many boats got swept away
Every bone in my skin feels the cold deepening
As those breakers keep crashing on the rail
Keep your head, stay on task ‘cause those waves will kick your ass
Find the calm that lives within that wicked gale

The days when I am on land she softly calls and sings to me
Her diamond eyes and salty brine make me drunk on majesty
I think of what life might have been if I’d never tossed the line
White picket fence down at tethered rock would be the cruelest crime! (Chorus)

On the sea
There’s no place in this world I’d rather be.