lyrics: little bits of truth – when my love sails away

cd: Little Bits of Truth

track 14: When My Love Sails Away

Mother warned us all don’t love a handsome sailor
You’ll live a widow’s life while he’s upon the sea
Find a tinker man, a blacksmith or a tailor
He’ll be home at night providing for your needs

I was young and I was not inclined to listen
He had the warmest smile my eyes had ever seen
And now I think of him and mine begin to glisten
Good fortune follow him wherever he might be

All I dream Is he’ll return to me tomorrow
I awake to face another restless day
All I pray Is love will guide me through the sorrow
When my love sails away, when my love sails away
When my love sails away, when my love sails away

I could not deny his randy reputation
He led no sainted life before he came to me
He will not betray my trust and admiration
That thought brings comfort in my longing agony

ChorusI walk the shore and turn my face to the horizon
My mind can picture him up working in the sails
Or fighting’ off a band of rogues trying’ to surprise him
Or riding’ out an eastern wind that’s blowing up a gale