Well I was sitting by the shore
watching merchant seamen leave the safety of the harbor
for the open ???(reaches?) sea
and I reckoned that their life
was a ruthless one and lonely
and I contemplated only it was here I'd rather be
so I rose and turned my back upon the sea

and then the metaphor took shape
in my mind a few days later
that the harbor was my history
and the sea a chance to change
the horizon beckoned me
so I ??? in that direction
I began to realize it might be within my range
now I'm out here swimmin' in the waves of change

now that horizon didn't seem
to be gettin' any closer
and it made me start to wonder
if it all might be in vain
then I began to understand
horizons don't get closer
only you extend them further every time you make some gains
so I'll keep on swimmin' in the waves of change, etc


- or something like that. I haven't been able to find anything either.