I leave the clouds dear and i leave the sun
if you come sailing with me one night long
i leave the heat and i leave the rain
if you'd only come to sail me away
i even leave winter snow and melt
into your arms babe just to see you sail
i leave the trees dear and the dead end streets
if you come sailing with me for a week
i leave the city where no one needs
a drunken sailor and i wish you'd follow me
I even leave the hills and i'd even leave spring
just to make you hear the sirens sing
I leave grey thunder and the blue cascades
if you'd come sailing for the rest of my days
and i hope you find my note here on the harbor gate
on it is written you can never be late
and i even left my ship down by the cliffs that rage
a black swan just made me drift away
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