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Sail on by
Oysterband
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hello, how ya doin'?
Alright, it's a bit different, isn't it?
It's all acoustic, no amps or anything up here
and songs from recent albums and songs from very early albums as well
We'll start off, this is Sail on By. Thanks very much
we used to play down by the water
when the spring was in the tide
and there was me and Cat McCluskey
and we ran down side by side
those games and sweet collisions
led to kisses like wet sand
well I tried to hold the spring tide back
too young to understand
sail, sail on by, over the deep dark ocean
till the day I die let the ocean carry me
in time I stood beside the harbour
just to watch the gulls in flight
and there were girls so full of summer
that they couldn't sleep at night
they moved so ripe and careless
how they let their shadows fall
I closed my eyes against the sun
or 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 northeast wind is blowing stronger
the days are getting short
the summer boats have turned their heads round
they're running home to port
you'd keep me if you could my love
you'd keep the world from harm
on empty sands we 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
sail, sail on by, over the deep dark ocean
till the day I die let the motion carry me
let the motion carry me
carry me
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