I'm leavin' my fam'ly

And leavin' my friends

My body's at home

But my heart's in the wind

Where the clouds are like headlines

On a new front page sky

My tears are salt water

And the moon's full and high



And I know Martin Eden's

Gonna be proud of me

And many before me

Who've been called by the sea

To be up in the crow's nest

And singin' my say

Shiver me Timbers

'Cause I'm a-sailin' away



The fog's liftin'

And the sand's shiftin'

and I'm driftin' on out

And Ol' Captain Ahab

He ain't got nothin' on me.

So come on and swallow me, don't follow me

I'm trav'lin' alone

Blue water's my daughter

'n I'm gonna skip like a stone



So please call my missus

Tell her not to cry

'Cause my goodbye is written

By the moon in the sky

And nobody knows me

I can't fathom my stayin'

Shiver me timbers

I'm a-sailin' away



And the fog's liftin'

And the sand's shiftin'

I'm driftin' on out

Ol' Captain Ahab

He ain't got nothin' on me

So come on and swallow me, don't follow me

I'm trav'lin' alone

Blue water's my daughter

'n I'm gonna skip like a stone



And I'm leavin' my family

Leavin' my friends

My body's at home

But my heart's in the wind

Where the clouds are like headlines

On a new front page sky

And shiver me timbers

I'm a-sailin' away