[Verse 1]
Well I'm leaving my family, I'm leaving all my friends
My body's at home but my heart's in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines on a new front-page sky
My tears are salt water, the moon's full and high

[Verse 2]
Well I know Martin Eden's gonna be proud of me
And many before me who've been called by the sea
To be up in the crow's nest, singing my say
Shiver me timbers 'cause I'm sailing away

[Bridge]
And the fog is lifting and the sand is shifting and I'm drifting on out
Old Captain Ahab, he got nothing on me now
Swallow me, don't follow me, I'm traveling alone
Blue water's my daughter, I'm gonna skip like a stone

[Verse 3]
So please call my missus, gotta tell her not to cry
My goodbye is written by the moon in the sky
Hey, and nobody knows me, I can't fathom my staying
And shiver me timbers 'cause I'm sailing away

[Bridge]
And the fog is lifting, the sand is shifting, I'm drifting on out
And old Captain Ahab, he got nothing on me now
Swallow me, don't follow me, I'm traveling alone
Blue water's my daughter, I'm gonna skip like a stone
[Verse 4]
Well I'm leaving my family, I'm leaving all my friends
My body's at home but my heart's in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines on a new front-page sky
So shiver me timbers 'cause I'm sailing, sailing away