I sailed an ocean, unsettled ocean

Through restless waters and deep commotion

Often frightened, unenlightened, sail on, sail on sailor

I wrest the waters, fight Neptune's waters

Sail through the sorrows of life's marauders

Unrepenting, often empty, sail on, sail on sailor

Caught like a sewer rat alone but I sail

Bought like a crust of bread but, oh, do I wail?

Seldom stumble, never crumble

Try to tumble, life's a rumble

Feel the stinging Ive been given

Never ending, unrelenting

Heartbreak searing, always fearing

Never caring, persevering

Sail on, sail on sailor, sail on, sail on sailor

I work the seaways, the gale-swept seaways

Past shipwrecked daughters of wicked waters

Uninspired, drenched and tired, wail on, wail on, sailor

Always needing, ever bleeding

Never feeding all my feelings

Damn, the thunder, must I blunder

There's no wonder all I'm under

Stop your crying and the lying

And the sighing and my dying

Sail on, sail on sailor

Sail on, sail on sailor

Sail on, sail on sailor

Sail on, sail on sailor

You gotta sail on, sail on sailor

Sail on, sail on sailor

Sail on, sail on sailor