Lyrics

I joined to haul cargo when I was sixteen
Across the silver ocean
Hoping to see a world I hadn’t seen
We traveled far from home

The labor was hard and the wages were low
Across the silver ocean
With many a danger on deck and below
We traveled far from home

And oh how the winds blow
You think you’ll sail free
But the life that you’ve known is no longer your own
When you set out on the sea

The captain changed flags to avoid all the fees
Across the silver ocean
But each of those changes meant no guarantees
We traveled far from home

Because time is money, we had to work fast
Across the silver ocean
We never knew how long each journey would last
We traveled far from home

And oh how the winds blow
You think you’ll sail free
But the life that you’ve known is no longer your own
When you set out on the sea

I paid a recruiter to enter this trade
Across the silver ocean
And I couldn’t leave till that debt was repaid
We traveled far from home

After this odyssey I understand
Across the silver ocean
I’ve seen the sea and now I’ll stay on land
We traveled far from home

And oh how the winds blow
You think you’ll sail free
But the life that you’ve known is no longer your own
When you set out on the sea
When you set out on the sea