I’ve been with you four decades and more
Often wondered what I do it for
Don’t know the answer, ‘tis pleasure and pain
But in my next life, I’ll do it again
To smell the sea and feel the sky
Watch lonely islands passing by
The sky at sunset changing hue
Maybe that’s why I come back to you
Again and again, I come back to you
Not sure what it is that draws me back
To live a life off the beaten track
The peace and quiet? The ozone rich air?
Far from the crowds? From anywhere?
The murmur of the waves at dawn?
The song of the wind as it hums along?
The dark depths of the ocean blue?
God knows why I come back to you
But year after year, I come back to you
Did spend some years working ashore
But couldn’t take it any more
My heart belonged to only you
To you I wanted to be true
Returned to sea and here I am
Braving the elements as best I can
Witnessed all your tantrums too!
But I love to come back to you
As always I come back to you
I miss you at home in the dust and heat
In the traffic snarls of city streets
I long for the discipline, clockwork routine
That shipboard life has always been
Even storms that make the seas explode
Seem magical when I am on the road
Like a moth to a candle flame I too
In the end come back to you
As always I come back to you
