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Sailor's Boots by Frank Turner

TRACK

Frank Turner

Sailor's Boots

Release date: 2nd June 2011

From England Keep My BonesTrack 161:57
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"Sailor's Boots" is a track by Frank Turner, from the album England Keep My Bones, released 2nd June 2011. The track is 1:57 long. It's filed under Folk-Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Sailor's Boots

If I had been born two hundred years ago
I would have been a sailor, and sailing I would go
I'd sail around the Capes and across the seven seas and then back home
If I had been born two hundred years ago

And I would know the waters, and the waters would know me
I would cut across the waves, and be as happy as can be
I'd be landless, I'd be loveless, I'd be flight and fancy-free
I would know the waters, and the waters would know me

And when I think about the place and time where I was born
I wonder if the hands of faith had slipped and placed me wrong
'cause there are ships I could have sailed and sailors boots I could have worn
When I think about the place and time where I was born

But the ocean is still out there, magnificent and wide
She's got open arms to hold me, and endless space to hide
And the only things that hold me back are things I hold inside
The ocean is still out there, magnificent and wide

Sailing I should go

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Track details

From England Keep My Bones

1:572011
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Album
England Keep My Bones
England Keep My Bones
Frank Turner
3rd June 2011
Track number
16
Release year
2011
  1. 1Eulogy
    1:36
  2. 2Peggy Sang the Blues
    3:35
  3. 3I Still Believe
    3:47
  4. 4Rivers
    4:36
  5. 5I Am Disappeared
    4:49
  6. 6English Curse
    2:19
  7. 7One Foot Before the Other
    3:28
  8. 8If Ever I Stray
    2:56
  9. 9Wessex Boy
    3:36
  10. 10Nights Become Days
    4:28
  11. 11Redemption
    4:50
  12. 12Glory Hallelujah
    4:38
  13. 13Song for Eva Mae
    3:46
  14. 14Wanderlust
    3:16
  15. 15Balthazar Impresario
    4:03
  16. 16Sailor's Boots
    1:57

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