Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Canonical path: /jones-rickie-lee/sailor-song
Related lyric paths: 6
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Sailor Song
Read Sailor Song lyrics by Rickie Lee Jones on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Sailor Song
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Oh the ship I'm on
Time is what I ride
Forty winds, the captain and the tide
Oh a sailor boy
Stole me from my home
And this sea of joy
Is the only life I've known
I could fly away
I could fly away
But I take the sea
For stranger days than these
A salty dog
Is caught up on the reef
And the bottom of the sea
She kisses in relief
She could fly away
She could fly away
But she takes the sea
For stranger days than these
You trade your life
When something comes for you
And you bury the knife
Between the lies and truth
You could fly away
You could fly away
But you take the sea
For stranger days than these
And I take the sea
For stranger days than these
Stranger days......
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Rickie Lee Jones performs "Sailor Song", and this lyric page sits inside the Rickie Lee Jones catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to 7th Day and A Face In The Crowd with a short reason for opening each page next.
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