Lyr Req: Sailing away?/up in the crowsnest?

13 Aug 12 - 09:23 PM (#3389853)
Subject: Lyr Req: Sailing away?/up in the crowsnest?
From: GUEST

Dennis here.
Help.
Earworm, but no luck with DT or Utoob:

:....on the stars are like headlines
on na new front page sky
my tears are salt water
and the moon's full and high...." foggy foggy recollection, probably not verbatim

then part of the refrain "...to be up in the crowsnest .../
shiver me timbers, for i'm a-sailing away.

Hmmmmm.... is it t waits?

i know you catters will help me through this elderly moment...

thanx
cheers

dennis

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13 Aug 12 - 09:52 PM (#3389858)
Subject: Lyr Add: SHIVER ME TIMBERS (Tom Waits)
From: Amos

Shiver Me Timbers

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, and the moon's full and high

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

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

So please call my missus, gotta tell her not to cry now
'Cause 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 a-sailing away

And the fog's lifting, and the sand's shifting, and I'm drifting on out
And old Captain Ahab, he ain't got nothing on me
So come and swallow me, follow me, I'm traveling alone
Blue water's my daughter, I'm gonna skip like a stone

And 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 upon a new front-page sky
And shiver me timbers, 'cause I'm a-sailing away


Tom Waits

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13 Aug 12 - 09:53 PM (#3389859)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sailing away?/up in the crowsnest?
From: Amos

Nineteen minutes--not a record, but not bad...

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14 Aug 12 - 07:14 PM (#3390227)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sailing away?/up in the crowsnest?
From: GUEST,DrWord

Hey Amos!!!
not baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!!!
sorry i didn't catch that b4 i logged off on the 13th, but
THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU            'catters r the best.

keep on pickin'

dennis

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