Southern Cross lyrics

Got out of town on a boat goin' to Southern Islands1

Sailing a reach before a followin' sea

She was makin' for the trades on the outside

And the downhill run to Papeete2Bay

Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas3

We got eighty feet of the waterline nicely making way

In a noisy bar in Avalon I tried to call you

But on the midnight watch I realized why twice you ran away

Think about

Think about how many times I have fallen

Spirits are using me, larger voices callin'

What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten

I have been around the world

Lookin' for that woman girl

Who knows love can endure

And you know it will

When you see the Southern Cross4 for the first time

You understand now why you came this way

'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small

But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a comin' day

So I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a dyin'

And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain

I have my ship and all her flags are a' flyin'

She is all that I have left and music is her name

Think about

Think about how many times I have fallen

Spirits are using me, larger voices callin'

What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten

(I've been around the world)

I have been around the world

Lookin' for that woman girl

Who knows love can endure

And you know it will, and you know it will

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Islands 2. Capital of French Polynesia3. Marquesa Islands, an island group in French Polynesia 4. The Southern Cross (or the constellation of Crux) is an asterism visible mainly in the Southern Hemisphere.