there is a ship its sails were like two hearts beating and its pace was like two wrists pulsing to a compass that fell silent at the sound of song and sometimes it sailed by the wind sometimes it sailed by the stars sometimes it sailed by the captain s map but it always sailed her into his arms again there is a ship that foundered in storms the anchor was missing and the whisky was whistling a dizzy of shame and sin and sometimes it sailed by the wind sometimes it sailed by the stars sometimes it sailed by the captain s map but it always sailed her into his arms again there is a ship it s been moored for too long and the crew is long gone the first mate took them with him to seek a treasure oh forbidden and sometimes it sailed by the wind sometimes it sailed by the stars sometimes it sailed by the captain s map but it always sailed her into his arms but the birds sang over the sails yes the birds sang over the sails and the birds sang over the sails and the wind cried mutiny there is a ship that sails in green waters and it steers by a light of gold and far below the mermen are singing to the sailors who come and go and sometimes it sails by the wind sometimes it sails by the stars sometimes it sails by the captain s map but it will never sail me into your arms again again again