Oysterband - Sail On By lyrics

We used to play down by the water when the spring was in the tide And there was me and Cat McCluskey and we ran down side by side Those games and sweet collisions led to kisses like wet sand Well, I tried to hold the spring tide back, too young to understand Sail, sail on by, over the deep dark ocean Till the day I die let the ocean carry me In time I stood beside the harbour just to watch the gulls in flight And there were girls so full of summer that they couldn't sleep at night They moved so ripe and careless, how they let their shadows fall I closed my eyes against the sun, or I couldn't see at all Sail, sail on by, over the deep dark ocean Till the day I die let the motion carry me The northeast wind is blowing stronger, the days are getting short The summer boats have turned their heads round, they're running home to port You'd keep me if you could, my Love, you'd keep the world from harm On empty sands we walk and walk together, arm in arm Sail, sail on by, over the deep dark ocean Till the day I die let the motion carry me Sail, sail on by, over the deep dark ocean Till the day I die let the motion carry me Let the motion carry me.