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Artist: Ella Fitzgerald
Canonical path: /ella-fitzgerald/a-ship-without-a-sail
Related lyric paths: 6
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A Ship Without a Sail
Read A Ship Without a Sail lyrics by Ella Fitzgerald on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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A Ship Without a Sail
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I don't know what day it is
Or if it's dark or fair
Somehow, that's just the way it is
And I don't really care
I go to this or that place
I seem alive and well
My head is just a hat place
My breast an empty shell
And I've a faded dream to sell
All alone, all at sea
Why does nobody care for me?
When there's no love to hold my love
Why is my heart so frail?
Like a ship without a sail.
Out on the ocean,
Sailors can use a chart
I'm on the ocean
Guided by just a lonely heart
Still alone, still at sea
Still there's no one to care for me
When there's no hand to hold my hand
Life is a loveless tale
For a ship without a sail
Still alone, still at sea
Still there's no one to care for me
When there's no hand to hold my hand
Life is a loveless tale
For a ship without a sail
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Ella Fitzgerald performs "A Ship Without a Sail", and this lyric page sits inside the Ella Fitzgerald catalog on LyroVerse.
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