Birdeatsbaby - The Sailor’s Wife Lyrics
The sailor’s wife, alone one nightIn slumber as she bathesShe dreams of ships her sailor’s lipAgainst the ocean wavesThe sailor’s wife was pale and whiteBeauty near divineOh how the sea has stolen theeShe drinks, she waits, she criesLife is but a dreamThe sailor knows that waves will growWhen all is not contentThe sky grows dark, a lightening sparkA message must be sentHe shouts down to the sorry crewThe sky’s no longer blueA storm is come to claim someoneSo pray it is not youLife is but a dreamThe sailor’s wife had bare a lifeBefore she slipped and fellHer back was broke, and as she soaksShe cannot cry for helpThe sailor clings to ropes and thingsHe won’t survive for longThen crashing down upon his crownA final, parting songBoth of them sinking as death pulls the plugOne in the ocean and one in the tubThe water’s runningThe storm is comingThe sailor is drowning, drowningLife is but a dream