Stolen from your sleepy land
Cut loose from her, my caloused hand
Branded you an exile
The ocean parted when you wailed
And debris of your catastrophe
Set sail inside a silver cup
That she handed to me
No ocean deep, no mountain tall
No liberty, no prison vault
Can keep my baby refugee
From his own inland sea
Where he can play castaway
Where he can play castaway
Where he can play castaway
Now on a dolphin's back I come to you
Bounding from across the blue
Swollen flood inside my vein
To try to explain
How someday far below the moon
You may live beside a green lagoon
And store up pearls for skipping stones
And you'll never be alone
Ocean fall or ocean rise
I see her deep, deep in your eyes
I'm an ocean apart from you
But you'll always be a part of me
'Cause I can play castaway
Two can play castaway
Three can play castaway
We all play castaway
I welcome you my little man Stolen from your sleepy land Cut loose from her, my caloused hand Branded you an exile The ocean parted when you wailed And debris of your catastrophe Set sail inside a silver cup That she handed to me No ocean deep, no mountain tall No liberty, no prison vault Can keep my baby refugee From his own inland sea Where he can play castaway Where he can play castaway Where he can play castaway Now on a dolphin's back I come to you Bounding from across the blue Swollen flood inside my vein To try to explain How someday far below the moon You may live beside a green lagoon And store up pearls for skipping stones And you'll never be alone Ocean fall or ocean rise I see her deep, deep in your eyes I'm an ocean apart from you But you'll always be a part of me 'Cause I can play castaway Two can play castaway Three can play castaway We all play castaway Explain Request ×
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