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Southern Cross |
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Got out of town on a boat, going to Southern Islands |
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Sailing a reach before a following sea. |
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She was making for the trades on the outside, and the |
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downhill run to Papeete. |
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Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas, |
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We got eighty feet of waterline, nicely making way. |
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In a noisy bar in Avalon, I tried to call you. |
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But on a midnight watch I realized, why twice you ran |
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away! |
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(Chorus) |
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Think about..Think about how many times I have fallen. |
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Spirits are using me, larger voices calling. |
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What heaven brought you and me cannot be forgotten. |
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I have been around the world, looking for that woman- |
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girl, who knows love can endure. |
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And you know it will. And, you know it will. |
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When you see the Southern Cross for the first time, |
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You understand now why you came this way. |
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'Cause the truth you might be running from is so small. |
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But it's as big as the promise, the promise of a coming |
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day. |
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So I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a dying. |
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And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a |
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silver chain. |
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I have my ship and all her flags are a flying. |
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She's all that I have left and music is her name. |
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(Repeat Chorus) |
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So we cheated and we lied and we tested. |
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And we never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing |
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to do. |
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You will survive being bested. |
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Somebody fine will come along, make me forget about |
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loving you....in the Southern Cross. |
