Rockliffe Bay

He said part of me has been lost at sea
Never to return again

With her eyes wide open
She was softly spoken
said: 'babe, are you missing the breeze again?'

You look just fine, sailor
Your shoes still shine
After years of a house that dont sway

But she could seein his eyes that ships flag still flies
And his home was a ocean away

He sang, freedom was mine for one last time
When I was sailing along those waves

And now my plate dont slide
And my rums now wine
And I will never be the same

I dont hear birds no more
But theres swallows on my hands
I earnt a star that wasnt plucked from above

I have memories of friends
Who left this earth as young men
Yet my hairs as white as my hat once, was

We sang, freedom was mine for one last time
When I was sailing along those waves

And now my plate dont slide
And my rums now wine
And I will never be the same

I hear a blast in the background
Feel the wind whip my face
Towing a sister ship that didnt make it home

Colours, fade away from me as I awake, my wife said
'Im sleeping next to my own'

I was but, freedom was mine for one last time
When I was sailing along those waves
And now my plate dont slide
And my rums now wine
And I will never be the same

He sang, freedom was mine for one last time
When we were sailing along those waves
And now my plate dont slide
And my rums now wine
And I will never be the same