Lost at Sea

When the wind's blowing westwards, I'll pull up my sails Goodbye red lights, but the waters they wail My mistress the ocean, my mistress the sea I hear her calling and breaking for me I've sailed to Santa Marta and the San Fransisco Bay Followed my faith and wandered astray I saw people coming, and they saw me go And what's coming next, well the devil may know Take me back my Amsterdam harbour, when I have ceased to be And with Grand Jacques I will sing forever, to the sailors lost at sea Oh farewell my Rosita, found in every town I'm in We shared our stories, fluids and sins But we both know tomorrow, I'll be here no more So kiss me goodbye before I leave the shore Take me back my Amsterdam harbour, when I have ceased to be And with Grand Jacques I will sing forever, to the sailors lost at sea Amsterdam you're a bitch, built on rotting wooden poles You sheltered sinners, bastards and whores But your waters keep flowing, through your sewers and your heart And out to the oceans on which I embark Take me back my Amsterdam harbour, when I have ceased to be And with Grand Jacques I will sing forever, to the sailors lost at sea Take me back my Amsterdam harbour, when I have ceased to be And with Jacques Brel I will sing forever, to the sailors lost at sea When the winds blow to the East, I'll lower my sails Homesick for you, famed in long-forgotten tales My lover this city, my love I've come home To sleep in your arms, no more will I roam