lyrics: the blink of an eye – vagabond gold

cd: The Blink of an Eye

track 13: Vagabond Gold

I was raised by the western sea,
A young boy on the shore
I dreamed at night of a sailors life,
Nothing less and nothing more
Then a cabin boy took ill one year ,
And I fourteen years old
I worked my fill to the captains will,
That turn on the Vagabond gold

Well the sun would set and the rum I’d fetch,
I’d listen to the words they’d say
They told of a time when the good ship Gold
Found listing in the bay
The crew was never found that time
And the truth was never told
I heard that tale, turned ghostly pale
That night on the Vagabond Gold

Sailors fear the legend old
Haunt the good ship Vagabond Gold

Well the years went on and with pride I found
Myself upon the crew
Inside my head were the word they’d said
And I feared it may be true
An unspoken pall it gripped us all
Good sailors young and old
I longed to see through the mystery
Surrounding the Vagabond Gold

Well I made first mate, twenty years and eight
With the captain on in years
He took me in with a haunted grin
And the legend all came clear
He turned to me and lad says he
Now the secrets in your soul
Though your fear is great, be the best first mate
Ever sailed on the Vagabond Gold

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Well the captain died in the morning tide
And we buried him at sea
And the crew looked hard at the next in charge
And the helm passed on to me
I counseled them “be steady lads “
As the sea began to roll
And the truth I weighed for I knew their fate
And the curse of the Vagabond Gold

Well the night turned still with an eerie chill
And the silence it did warn
Of terror there in the foggy air
I would not see the morn
The ship she stood deserted now
Not a tortured sailors soul
I faced my death drew my last breath
Alone on the Vagabond Gold

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