Five Miles From Shore
Verse:
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Chorus:
| D A | D G |
| D G | A |
| D A | D G |
| G A | D |
I was barely thirteen when I kissed the king’s silver,
And gave my life to the waves and the foam,
They all said that I was just running away,
But I knew I was just running home.
(Chorus)
Won’t you give me a sail, and give me a breeze,
And give me a clear ocean sky?
And let me sail out to sea for one last time,
For out there my heart surely lies.
Out on the waves I can plot my own course,
That on land I just cannot chart,
There’s no lighthouse to warn you of rocks up ahead,
And lifeline to throw to an old broken heart.
(Chorus)
The salt water runs through my veins and my bones,
A siren’s call that I’ll always heed.
Father and mother and sister and brother,
The sea is the only family I need.
(Chorus)
And now I’ve left my ship for the last,
They say that I’m too old to sail anymore,
But the only home that I ever have know,
Is out there, five miles from shore.
(Chorus)
The night is perfect, the sea is so calm,
The stars in the sky are my guide.
And there’s a feeling that I’m never destined again,
To leave by the outgoing tide.
(Chorus)
Well I’ve got my sail, and I’ve got my breeze,
And I’ve got my clear ocean sky.
And I know that I’m out on the waves for the last time,
For tonight I know I must die.
I gave to the ocean my heart and my soul,
To that pledge I shall surely abide,
And there’s nothing I’d change, for I’ve lived on the sea,
So under the sea I shall lie.
(Chorus)
Well I’ve got my sail, and I’ve got my breeze,
And I’ve got my clear ocean sky.
And I know that I’m out on the waves for the last time,
For tonight I know I must die.
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(OC Author - Dave Heaton)