To New Lands... (Part I)

The ocean calls my very name and beckons me to stand

Among the waves which crash and break upon my native lands

My eyes on the horizon as the winds begin to blow

Through the sails upon my moored ship as the moon begins to glow

Where have they come from, these surging seas and why do they not stay

I wonder as i watch the golden sunset fade away

My yearning heart which pulls me forth at last makes up its mind

First sunlight i will raise my sail and leave these shores behind

Sail! Into the western skies

Sail! And leave my life behind

Sail! Into the western skies

And travel forth to unknown lands where dark and light entwine

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Into the sunset, the western trail

Never to return to my home lands

The eastern winds they fill my sail

And carry me to distant sands

Through the storms i will prevail

To new horizons proud and grand

And beyond the sunset, the western trail

My journey leads me to new lands

I drag my boat to the waters edge and look into the east

The chilling darkness of the night at last begins to cease

The rising sun it shows its face and floods the sky with red

The gulls begin to wake and call, and so i raise my head

The waves which lap about my hull they chill my aching feet

But icy cold or burning sun will not be my defeat

I raise my mast and hoist my sail and gather up my oars

At last i give my final push and cast off from my shores

Sail! Into the western skies

Sail! And leave my life behind

Sail! Into the western skies

And travel forth to unknown lands away from humankind