Is It The Sea? My Home Is The Sea

the first light's kissed my eyes--it's time to breathe

the shearing wind that strips the flesh from me

so grab your weathered skins and boots and go

is it the hell i fear or is it the sea?

the working world's asleep an hour or more

the barmen from the anchor calls the score

jack sings the sea-song, chills me to the score

drink up as it's time to lock the door

well, fifteen years have passed, i'm still aboard

now i brave the chaos of my family

and all i think of is a world ashore

is it life i abhor? is it the sea?

well, the pain is dulling out a generation by

and music fills my bones again, at last

and pride inflates my chest and the tears come to my eyes

to hear my children's children cry

and i have often said

that i would like to be dead

in a shark's mouth

with warm breath going under

from woman sending thunder

on two parts south

and love is stripped and frayed

and duty is delayed

until next life

and someone has my mind

holding it so kind

though it is my wife

and my home is the sea

my home is the sea

look not for me

because my home is the sea

disaster flies upon me

and i scream

and you can see the house lights

colored from the distance

for a party is dream

and tumble into me

my arms unfold these seeds

cause i am a strong man

and god i love my tummy

it's round and firm and funny

cause that's what i am

and my home is the sea

my home is the sea

and i am under your spell

you will have me i reckon

and the drowning of this town

is a drowning that i welcome

and i know nothing and am overjoyed

i know nothing and am overjoyed

i know nothing and am overjoyed

well, god gave you life and thought

and now it's ours to waste

i have the finest love

and the finest of tastes

and with the sea in my lungs

i am home