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Artist: Dar Williams
Canonical path: /dar-williams/we-learned-the-sea
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We Learned The Sea
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We Learned The Sea
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I am the captain and I have been told
That tomorrow we land and my ship has been sold
Now losing this boat is worth scarce a mention
I think of the crew, most of all the first ensign
For all we learned the sea
Guiding a ship, it takes more than your skill
It's the compass inside it's the strength of your will
The first ensign watched as tempests all tried me
I sang in the wind as if God were beside me
For all we learned the sea
You take the wheel one more time like I showed you
We've reached the strait once even I could not go through
I am the captain and I have been told
But I am not shaken, I am eight years old
And you are still young, but you'll understand
That the stars of the sea are the same for the land
And we came to learn the sea
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Dar Williams performs "We Learned The Sea", and this lyric page sits inside the Dar Williams catalog on LyroVerse.
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