From the recording Kray Van Kirk - Live at the Acorn
Written for a friend of mine who struggled with being a literal genius and the demons that often accompany such ability.
Lyrics
MY LOVER WAS A SAILOR
Kray Van Kirk
(c) Midnight Commander Music
My lover was a sailor
Slept in the belly of cold steel ships
my lover was a sailor no harbor could she find
Held in place by angled lines,
two ahead, none behind
forgotten by her shipmates
ghosts upon the sand
My lover was a sailor
She sleeps in the belly of nightmare dreams
my lover was a sailor no harbor can she find
Ahab's gaze and wooden leg,
St. Elmo's fire, in her head,
she takes the night watch
upon the razor's edge
My lover was a sailor
Sails upon a stormy sea
My lover was a sailor
no harbor could she find
Stares at shadows on the walls,
speak to them, and haunts the halls
looking for a shadows ghost to keep her company
She's going 'round again
Sailor with a broken wheel
All her roads lead to Rome
put her on an even keel
down, down down...
My lover is a sailor...
My lover cries alone at night...
My lover sinks beneath the waves...
My lover lives by shadowed candle twilight...