Mickey Newbury - The Sailor lyrics

Well my Daddy was a Sailor A Sailor just like me His wife was like my mother His love was the silver sea He was just another Sailor Off to find the world He was just another Sailor All his cloth unfurled Singin' la den da n dao The water is deep and its wide The ship goes down The Captain drowns Does no good to cry Turnin' at the gang plank He looked me in the eye He said learn to read the truth son That lies between these lines I never meet a stranger Til I've known them for a time And I'd rather have one penny Than all the nickel in the brine Say you double-headed Eagle Say you can teach me how to fly Well tell me then where would I go But up into the sky But up into the sky Oh my Daddy was a Sailor The salt is in my blood And here I am in Nashville Bound deep in this mud I'm singin' la den da n dao Yes I'm too far out to sea So I'll sink with him Or I'll swim with them Across this briney deep Susies in the kitchen doin' dishes Chris and all his toys have gone to bed Starin' out the window all I wish is I could hear the words I'm hearin' in my head