if i had been born 200 years ago well i would ve been a sailor a sailing i would go i d sail around the capes and across the seven seas and then back home if i had been born 200 years ago and i would know the waters and the waters would know me and i would cut across the waves and be as happy as can be i d be landless i d be loveless i d be flight and fancy free and i would know the waters and the waters would know me when i think about the time and place where i was born oh i wonder if the hands of fate had slipped and placed me wrong because there are ships i could have sailed and sailor s boots i could have worn when i think about the time and place where i was born the ocean is still out there magnificent and wide she s got open arms to hold me and endless space to hide and the only things that hold me back are the things i hold inside the ocean is still out there magnificent and wide oh oh oh a sailing i should go1