We used
to play down by the water
When the spring was in the tide
And I was me and
Gambit
Klusky
And we ran down side by side
Those games are sweet collisions,
letter kisses like wet sand
I try to hold a springtime back,
too young to understand
Sail, sail on by,
over the deep dark ocean
Till the day I die,
let the emotion carry me
In time I stood beside the harbor
Just to watch the gulls in flight
And there were girls so full of summer
They couldn't sleep at night
They move so right by the kettles,
they let their shadows fall
I close my eyes against the sun,
for I couldn't see at all
Sail, sail on by,
over the deep dark ocean
Till the day I die, let the motion carry me
The
North
East wind is blowing stronger,
the days are getting short
The summer boats turn their heads round,
the running homes apart
You keep me if you could my love,
you keep the world from harm
On empty sands we'd walk and walk together,
arm in arm
Sail, sail on by,
over the deep dark ocean
Till the day I die, let the motion carry me
Sail, sail on by,
over the deep dark ocean
Till the day I die,
let the motion carry me
Let the motion carry me
you