On Stranger Tides

Here I stand, watching the tide go out So all alone and blue Just dreaming dreams of you I watched your ship as it sailed out to sea Taking all my dreams And taking all of me The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore? The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore?

Here I stand, watching the tide go out So all alone and blue Just dreaming dreams of you I watched your ship as it sailed out to sea Taking all my dreams And taking all of me The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return" Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore? The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return" Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore?

Some fools don't know what's right from wrong But somehow those folks belong Me, I try for all I'm worth But I still remain a stranger on this earth Some people gloom, other folk cry Me, I have to struggle to keep alive Ever since the day of my birth I've been a stranger, stranger on this earth I try to be what all folks should Forgetting the bad and doing good But no matter how I try My troubles always multiply Now I've been doing the best I can Ever since life began Some day when I prove my worth I won't be a stranger on earth Now I've been living the best I can Ever since my life began The day's gonna come when I prove my worth And I won't be no stranger No, I won't be a stranger On this earth

When all the thrills have been forgotten The chill of night can call them home And all the dreams that you left stranded Will slowly start to come along I felt it as she slipped away (slipped away) I didn't have the words to say When I saw the stranger The stranger on a quiet street Stranger on a quiet street You can go straight as an arrow You can go straight as you dare Walkin' the old straight and narrow Don't always get you there The sun was shining when I saw it all (saw it all) She was moving to a different beat When I met a stranger The stranger on a quiet street Stranger on a quiet street It came to me out of the blue (out of the blue) There came the moment that I really knew When I met a stranger The stranger on a quiet street Stranger on a quiet street (stranger on a quiet street) Stranger on a quiet street (stranger on a quiet street, stranger on a quiet street) Stranger on a quiet street, stranger on a quiet street (on a quiet street) Stranger on a quiet street Stranger on a quiet street, stranger on a quiet street (on a quiet street)

When every wind is an afterlife out here What language do you dream in when you're drunk? And feel just like a map of where you've been And all the smoke and mirrors you've hung If only this one held the answer to the aching of our hearts A little drop of poison in the rain A little drop of madness in my heart It's nothing but will nothing grow away? Look nervously at things that come apart If only this one held the answer To our loneliness and all Through days we love, through days we disappear To go for all the things behind a cloud Oh, I'm a stranger now And where will I undress to disappear? To go for all the things behind a cloud Oh, I'm a stranger now Oh, I'm a stranger now From ocean to the valley to the skin I mumble to myself and miss your call I run around but look for you within That little stir of hope into it all If only this one held the answer To our loneliness and all In days we love, in days we disappear To go for all the things behind a cloud Oh, I'm a stranger now And where will I undress to disappear? To go for all the things behind a cloud Oh, I'm a stranger now Oh, I'm a stranger now A little drop of poison in the rain A little drop of poison in my heart It's nothing but will nothing grow away? Look nervously at things that come apart If only this one held the answer To the aching of my heart Through days we love, through days we disappear To go for all the things behind a cloud Oh, we are strangers now And where will we undress to disappear? To go for all the things behind a cloud Oh, we are strangers now Oh, we are strangers now Now so deep into the forest With my Swedish little heart I am nowhere near your sunset It's so quiet after all And I'm a stranger now Oh, I'm a stranger now Oh, I'm a stranger now Oh, I'm a stranger now

I just lost the feeling that I had today Do all these good times come and go away? Tell me something that I can say Sometimes I just want to walk away And I begin to understand Ships can sink or rise But I'm standing here tonight And I'm knocking on your door I'll be anything you like If you can tell me what I'm here for Do we go on, and on, and on, and on? Do we go on, and on, and on, and on? I just asked some questions that I've never had Does who we are fade out like a photograph? 'Cause if I could, I'd do it all again The good times, bad times, sink or swim And, yes, I finally realized Ships can sink or rise But I'm standing here tonight And I'm knocking on your door I'll be anything you like If you can tell me what I'm here for Do we go on, and on, and on, and on? Do we go on, and on, and on, and on? (Oh-oh) (Oh-oh) But I'm standing here tonight And I'm knocking on your door I'll be anything you like If you can tell me what I'm here for Do we go on, and on, and on, and on? (Oh-oh) Do we go on, and on, and on, and on? (Oh-oh) I just lost the feeling that I had today Do all these good times come and go away?

Every sailor's son Is taught when they are young That the pull of the moon lingers on Something we can't escape From Bimini 'round the cape Mix in the wind and the sea and sing along. To whom it may concern I've always tried to learn That the good days need to last Season with a lot of laughter Here and in the ever after With poetry and painters from my past So I follow the tides On currents far and wide Chalking up the stories and the miles Yes, I follow the tides Big blue rides And that's the reason I will never lose my smile Hoping to catch a ray Looking to misbehave As my lucky stars still shine above the sea Watching the ships roll in I play that Otis song again For the tourists and some mermaids by the sea And I follow the tides Down my song lines far and wide The world to me should still be free and wild Yes, I follow the tides Give me more, big blue rides And that's the reason I will never lose my smile Every sailor's son Is taught when they are young That the pull of the moon lingers on Something we can't escape Is it salt water or just fate? Mix in the wind and the sea and sing along? And we'll follow the tides Down our song lines far and wide It seems to me my life's still free and wild Yes, we'll follow the tides Give us more big blue rides And that's the reason I will never lose my smile And that's the reason you should never lose your smile