Alice Gerrard - Father Neptune lyrics

[Verse 1] When my man goes to sea He steps so high and free I think I know as I watch him go That he has no need for me, for me [Verse 2] And when my man comes home And waits a while to roam I think I see as he smiles at me That he's dreaming of the foam, the foam [Pre-Chorus] I'm not a pious Christian And I do not go to ma** But I pray to Father Neptune To let him safely pa** [Chorus] I sing to the god with the three-pronged rod And the whiskers wild and free But I've got a man with a beard and a tan And a pa**ion for the sea [Bridge] He rides through the storm and the cold and the warm And he loves to risk his neck And I like to know when he goes below That it's just below the deck [Pre-Chorus] Oh, Neptune; Father Neptune! I tell you fair and true That if you should lose my sailor I'll sing no more to you [Chorus] When he's home from sea he is half with me And he's gone when I close the door And it's still his creed that he has no need For a wife except on shore [Bridge] I know it's the boat that keeps him afloat But I like to think it's me And if it were not for this I would sink to the depths of the sea