Storm Out on the Sea

[Verse 1]

As a girl I watched the sailing ships

Like white birds on the sea

Their sails were wings that rode the wind

My heart longed to be free

I saw you standing by the sea

The beach was dark as death

But your hand was warm against my face

Your kiss was my life's breath

[Chorus]

And loving you's like drowning in a storm out on the sea

Put your arms around me darling

Now and rescue me

And loving you's like drowning and I feel so far from home

Put your arms around me

And I'll never sail alone

[Verse 2]

You never said you'd stay with me

I never tied your hands

The way some frightened women do to keep their love on land

Where they can walk dry-footed

And never fear the tide

Or the moon upon the water

In their lover's arms they hide

[Chorus]

And loving you's like drowning in a storm out on the sea

Put your arms around me darling

Now and rescue me

And loving you's like drowning and I feel so far from home

Put your arms around me

And I'll never sail alone

[Verse 3]

The rain upon my body beat me down upon the sand

And the clouds came low and lonely

Like lost sailors seeking land

Soon I learned that lovin' you means drowning in the sea

When you closed your arms against me

And you turned your back on me

[Chorus]

And loving you's like drowning in a storm out on the sea

Put your arms around me darling

Now and rescue me

And loving you's like drowning and I feel so far from home

Put your arms around me

And I'll never sail alone

And loving you's like drowning in a storm out on the sea

Put your arms around me darling

Now and rescue me

And loving you's like drowning and I feel so far from home

Put your arms around me

And I'll never sail alone