The Sailor's Wife - Birdeatsbaby

The Sailor’s Wife, alone one night

In slumber as she bathes

She dreams of ships her sailor’s lip

Against the ocean waves

The sailor’s wife was pale and white

Beauty near divine

‘Oh how the sea has stolen thee'

She drinks, she waits, she cries

Life is but a dream

The sailor knows that waves will grow

When all is not content

The sky grows dark, a lightening spark

A message must be sent

He shouts down to the sorry crew

‘The sky’s no longer blue

A storm is come to claim someone

So pray it is not you'

Life is but a dream

The sailor’s wife had bare a life

Before she slipped and fell

Her back was broke, and as she soaks

She cannot cry for help

The sailor clings to ropes and things

He won’t survive for long

Then crashing down upon his crown

A final, parting song

Both of them sinking as death pulls the plug

One in the ocean and one in the tub

The water’s running

The storm is coming

The sailor is drowning, drowning

Life is but a dream