got out of town on a boat to the southern islands on a reach before a following sea we were makin for the trades on the outside on the downhill run to papeete on this headed off wind lie the marquesas we got eighty feet of 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 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 looking for that woman girl who knows love can endure and you know it will you know it will when you see the southern cross for the first time you understand just why you came this way cause the truth you been runnin from is so small but it s as big as the promise the promise of a coming day and i m headed all the way to where dreams are dyin and my love is an anchor tied to you tied with a silver chain i have my ship and all my flags are a flyin she is all that i have left and the music is her name think about how many times i have fallen spirits are using me larger voices callin whatever brought you and me cannot be forgotten i have been around the world lookin lookin looking for that woman girl who knows love can endure and you know it will you know it will  so we cheated and we tried and we tested and we never failed to fail it was the easiest thing to do you will survive being bested somebody strong comes along makes me forget forget about loving you and the southern cross woo yeah thank you not only are we uh happy to see y all 35 225 of you out there tonight we appreciate this we also are broadcasting this tonight live on radio margaritaville as we do all of our shows free of charge tonight and we ll continue to do so all summer so it s not only going out to wisconsin and the great midwest we re going around the world tonight parrot head