Castaway Lyrics - Singles - Tom Robinson

As a child, I was terrified of the mighty ocean 

When I heard the distant urging of the brine 

Though I cried at night as I tried to fight the emotion 

That bitter cup of tears was truly mine 

But when I came to taste the spray on the waterfront 

I lost my fear and shrugged away my shame 

And I stowed away on a trans-atlantic freighter 

With the tempest raging in my every vein 

A man may spend his life afloat, a man may live ashore 

I'll cast away and take my chance at sea 

There were stormy days and roaring nights a-plenty 

In the salty fellowship of boys and men 

They were tough and true, they were glassy eyed and reckless 

With a blazing thirst, I drank and drank again 

We crossed the line, explored the depths of danger 

Exceeding every fantasy and dream 

No landsman with his stifling horizons 

Could ever guess the wonders we had seen 

A man may spend his life afloat, a man may live ashore 

I'll cast away and take my chance at sea 

I've braved the waves in an open boat and I know these waters well 

I'll man your lifeboat any time you need 

Way, castaway from the restless aching 

Way, castaway, gonna leave it all behind 

Way, far away where the waves are breaking 

Way, far away where the ocean meets the sky 

Well a ship must tack and a man must follow his compass 

On an unknown shore I foundered in the sand 

Met a salty girl with a sailor's gait and her eyes were a greeny blue 

And she knew the ropes like the back of her sunburned hand 

We danced a hornpipe on the beach to the sound of the seething swell 

We drank and sank exhausted on the strand 

Till I slipped my anchor, quit my ship and became a castaway 

To savor the embrace of her native land 

A man may spend his life afloat, a man may live ashore 

A man may marry and still put out to sea 

We brave the waves in our open boat and we know these waters well 

We'll man your lifeboat any time you need 

Way, castaway from the restless aching 

Way, castaway, gonna leave it all behind 

Way, far away where the waves are breaking 

Way, far away, where the ocean meets the sky