Paddy Reilly Safe In The Harbour
Have you stood by the ocean on a diamond-hard morning
And felt the horizon stir deep in your soul?
Watched the wake of the steamer as it cuts through blue waters?
Been gripped by a fever you just can't control?
To throw off the shackles, to fly with the seagulls
To where green waves tumble before a driving sea winds
Or to lie on the decking on a warm summer evening
Watch the red sun fall burning beneath the earth's rim
To every sailor comes time to drop anchor
Haul in the sails and make the lines fast
You deep water dreamers, your journey is over
You're safe in the harbor at last
Safe in the harbor at last
Some men are sailors, but most are just dreamers
Held fast by the anchor they forge in their mind
Who in their hearts know they'll never sail over deep waters
To search for a treasure they're afraid they won't find
So in sheltered harbours they cling to their anchors
Bank down the boilers & shut down the steam
And wait for the sailors to return with their treasures
That will fan the dull embers & fire up their dreams
To every sailor comes time to drop anchor
Haul in the sails and make the lines fast
You deep water dreamers, your journey is over
You're safe in the harbor at last
Safe in the harbor at last
Some men are schemers who laugh at the dreamers
Take the gold from the sailors and turn it to dross
They are men in a prison, they are men without vision
Whose only horizon is profit and loss
So when storm clouds come sailing across your blue ocean
Hold fast to your dreaming for all that you're worth
For as long as there's dreamers, there will always be sailors
Bringing back their bright treasures from the corners of earth
To every sailor comes time to drop anchor
Haul in the sails and make the lines fast
You deep water dreamers, your journey is over
You're safe in the harbor at last
Safe in the harbor at last
