(verse 1)

Thinking of a good place to begin, she's the daughter of the man with the sea salt skin,


great view of the ocean from her back window,


chasing the horizon is the only thing she knows how to do, yeah, she sits on the deck,

by her father's ship, until he tells her with a shipwrecked face,


that her place is to clean up the dishes, while he tries to fix his old sail wishes.


(chorus 1)

He says,


someday-ay-i-ay, I'm gonna go-o,


he says, someday-ay-i-ay, I'm gonna go-o.

(verse 2)


The people look, but can't feel her pain, when he calls her down, and says there's a stain,


on the plate?too late?he's already getting bitter,

one time she said that Momma wouldn't hit her,


he yells that she's wrong?that Momma's gone, she left by boat, she left me and you,


she broke my heart, I lost my grip, are you staring at the ship? You can't leave me, too.

(chorus 1)


(verse 3)


One night after he marked up her cheeks, she sees him staring at the floor,

looking pretty weak, she asks him why he loves his boat so bad,


expects his answer to be mad,instead, he speaks, his words sound dead,


says it's your mother, you should mind your business,

but I want to find her, try and grant her wishes.


(chorus 1)


(chorus 2)

Someday-ay-i-ay, I'm gonna go-o, oh-oh, oh, oh,


but you can't leave, no you can't leave me, too-ooh.


(solo)

Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh,


ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh.


(end verse)

One night, he sneaks out to leave, but all he sees is an empty sea,


and while he weeps, in that same instant,


the daughter cries for the house in the distance.

(end chorus)


She says, I always knew,


I had to go.