"Southern Cross" Lyrics

Got out of town on a boat
Going Southern islands
Sailing a reach
Before the following sea
She was making for the trades on the outside
And the downhill run
To Papeete

Off the wind on this heading lie the Marquesas
We got eighty feet of the waterline
Nicely making way
In a noisy bar in Avalon, I tried to call you
But on a midnight watch I realized
Why twice you ran away

Think about
Think about how many times
I have fallen
The spirits are using me
Larger voices callin
What heaven brought you and me
Cannot be forgotten
Think about it

I have been around the world
Looking
Looking for that woman girl
Who knows, who knows
Who knows love can endure
And you know it will
You know it will

When you see the Southern Cross
For the first time
You understand now
Why you came this way
'Cause the truth you might be running from
Is so small
But it's as big as the promise
The promise of a comin' day
So I'm sailing for tomorrow, my dreams are a dying
And my love is an anchor tied to you, tied with a silver chain

I got my ship
And all her flags are a flying
She is all that I have left
And music is her name
Oh think about
Think about how many times I have fallen
The spirits are using me
Larger voices calling
What heaven brought you and me
Cannot be forgotten

I've been round the world
I have been around the world
Looking
Looking for that woman girl
Who knows love can endure
And you know it will
And you know it will

So we cheated and we lied
And we tested
And we never failed to fail
It was the easiest thing to do
You will survive being bested
Somebody fine
Will come along
Make me forget about loving you
In the Southern Cross