Southern Cross lyrics

Artist  : Jimmy Buffett 
Song : Southern Cross
 


Got out of town on a boat for the southern
islands
On a reach before a following
sea
We were making for the trades on the
outside
And the downhill run to
Papeete

Off the wind on this heading lie
the Marquesas
We got eighty feet of waterline
nicely making way
In a noisy bar in Avalon I
tried to call you
But on the midnight watch I
realized why twice you ran
away

(Chorus)
Think about how many
times I have fallen
Spirits are using me,
larger voices calling
What heaven brought you
and me cannot be forgotten
I have been around
the world
Looking for that woman girl
Who
knows love can endure
And you know it will.
And you know it will.

When you see the
southern cross for the first time
You
understand just why you came this way
Cause
the truth you might be running from is so
small
But its as big as the promise, the
promise of a coming day

And I'm heading
all the way, my dreams are dying
And my love
is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver
chain
I have my ship and all her flags are
a-flying
She is all I have left and music is
her name

(chorus)

So we cheated and
we tried and we tested
And we never failed to
fail, it was the easiest thing to do
You will
survive being bested
Somebody strong comes
along, makes me forget, forget about loving
you
And the southern cross