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On the Lonely Sea


I am a ship

on the lonely sea

seeking safe harbor,

a shelter for me.

 

There is a place I've stopped before

and where I long to be once more.

But no longer am I welcome here.

He loves me no more I fear.

 

That one has a comfort been.

In vain I plead, "Oh let me in!"

But I never have been welcome here.

We are merely friends my dear.

 

This new port is full of fun,

and so I play here, hit and run...

But I am always welcome here,

Though it can lead to naught but tears.

 

Here are many with what I need,

but my captain will not heed.

So though I would be welcome here,

I am not brought unto the pier.

 

WIthout a port to call my own,

I still float on the sea, alone.

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