From the recording The Missing Pages
Lee: voice, guitar. Brian Beattie: bass, piano, organ. Dony Wynn: drums. Sahara Smith: voice.
Lyrics
Sailor’s song
The sea is my pillow
My blanket is the tide
I wait to go under
I wait to curl inside
You move the dark water
Anointing my tongue
I just want to die in your arms...
I left my mother crying
Enlisted in the corps
We took the boats out early
We worked the southern shore
We rode the angry waters
Worked blood into the oar
I was looking for a lighthouse
But I can’t use it anymore
You laugh at my affliction
You flood my memory
I offer up the music
Strung between two thieves
Take my inner feelings
Take my talent to deceive
I just want to die in your arms...
The sea is my pillow
My blanket is the tide
Copyright Lee Barber 2014