And I’m leavin’ my family
And I’m leavin’ my friends
My body’s at home
But my heart’s in the wind
Where the clouds are like headlines
On a new front page sky
And shiver me timbers
I’m a-sailin’ away.
This song always reminds me of my brother, who loved the sea so much that he joined the merchant marines. (Then he went into IT.) James Taylor does Tom Waits:
