Port To Starboard

Port To Starboard

Captain, dare you dream new dreams?
You scour these deserts, your back to the sea.
(Your beloved sea. Have you forgotten?)
Captain I'm waiting on the day.
You find your gold and they take it away...
Leave you with nothing.
So undeserving of a man as kind and as honest
as you.

For twenty years I've sailed at your side.
You showed me the stars.
You were my guide.
I watch you grow older.

Captain, you've held out for too long.
Wearing an unfit life on land when love is in the water.
Now these anchors are begging to be set free.
They seem to know far better than you where your life could be...

Take it away, port to starboard and what lies beyond the setting sun:
Worth more than gold.
Blow it a kiss and sail on.

For twenty years I've sailed at your side.
You showed me the stars.
You were my guide.
I watch you grow older.

How many years will pass us by?
Captain, we're all waiting!
For each dying dream, a thousand are born.
Captain don't be afraid to let go!
There's so much more to life than what lies on the shore.

Sails are open.
The wind is here to take us to a happier unknown.
The worst is over, horizon's clear.
The ocean seems more beautiful than ever before.

© 2004 Brendon Matthew Thomas