Lyrics: Jonny Stewart/Sebastian Payne/Rose Betts
Music: Jonny Stewart/Sebastian Payne/Rose Betts
I used to be a simple man
thought I had all I’d ever need
a drink at the bar, a guitar in my hand
but sirens called me to the sea
I may be gone, but my heart never leaves
the island of my dreams
Underneath the Northern sky
shimmering green and thunder light
Set a course, we’re heading west
back home to the land I love the best
Look for me upon the tide
Billow and breeze, they’re on our side
Bear to port, boys, haul away
back homeward again,
to the lass that I left on Colonsay
I used to be a simple lass
My heart was still my world was small
But I fell in love with a sea faring man
And he left me here upon the shore
He may be gone, but I look to the sea
Is he calling back for me
Underneath the Northern sky
shimmering green and thunder light
Set a course, we’re heading west
back home to the land I love the best
Look for me upon the tide
Billow and breeze, they’re on our side
Bear to port, boys, haul away
back homeward again,
to the lass that I left oh no
I’ve seen the world in far-off lands
from China Seas to Mexico
the Southern Cross and velvet sands
But only one place feels like home
On Colonsay I’ll settle down
no more to race the rolling seas
I’ll make a sailcloth wedding gown
if Josie were to marry me
Underneath the Northern sky
shimmering green and thunder light
Set a course, we’re heading west
back home to the land I love the best
Look for me upon the tide
Billow and breeze, they’re on our side
Bear to port, boys, haul away
back homeward again,
I know that she’s (I’ll be) watching over the bay,
the lass that I left on Colonsay
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