I hear a voice calling me To rise up from my weary life And join her on the wind She bids me sail upon the sea So cast off, hoist sail The journey begins At first I breast the lofty surge My soul begins to soar I've nothing left to tie me down I'm free forever more I climb the hempen tackle And I scream out to the sea "May I never see my home again It's a sailor's life for me!" Cast off, take me away To the far shores of Tripoli To the waves of Bengal Bay Cast off, take me away There's a dream on the horizon There's a world beyond the shore I'll never take my eyes off These sacred waves of yore The day she is awaking Sun, lead us not astray Hoist sail, cast off, take me away It's been a year I've been at sea Livin' amongst the rolling waves And dirty cursed men I remember the voice that called to me And if she asked me one more time I'd do it all again For each time I breast the lofty surge My soul begins to fly I live to see the rolling waters Toss waves to the sky I cry out to the ocean As a storm begins to rise Send me a maelstrom night or day I'll sail until I die! Cast off, take me away To the far shores of Tripoli To the waves of Bengal Bay Cast off, take me away There's a dream on the horizon There's a world beyond the shore I'll never take my eyes off These sacred waves of yore The day she is awaking Sun, lead us not astray Hoist sail, cast off, take me away Hark! The waves are calling, I must answer I find no love nor life on land, my joy is at sea So bring me a thousand days Of a life among the waves May I sail these waters free (for eternity) It's been so long I've been at sea I've seen every sea town Every port and every shore Yet still a voice calls to me To go beyond the surface Deeper than 'ere before The voice she has a face now I see her in the waves In her I find my answers My life is hers to save For she is who I heeded She began it all It seems my life is An answer to the ocean's call