Talking To A Sailor

I was laughing with a lady

When I learned I would be losing later on

She was lonely, she was lovely

She was only someone longing to be

Free of this island and be gone

It's such an easy feeling

With the laughter all around you

You can't always be certain to recall

But I know your story

And the ending is not a curtain

It's a wall, it's a wall

We were watching from a window

While the water was spurting, we waited a little more

You'll be sailing from a shadow of the shoreline

To the country that you're longing for

Oh it's such an easy feeling

With the laughter all around you

Oh you can't always be certain to recall

I know your story

And I know the ending

And it's a wall, it's a wall

She'll be waving to the people

At the harbour in the morning

She'll be smiling, she'll be wearing pretty lace

She'll be talking to a sailor

And the tears will be rolling down her face