Sea Change

The safest place a ship can be is moored along the quay

Heave away me bully boys away

But ships were built to brave the storms and navigate the seas

And we’ll haul away together, haul away

“So tell me” said the mariner, “I’ve always wondered why”

Heave away me bully boys away

“There’s ten thousand miles of ocean and a million miles of sky”

And we’ll haul away together, haul way

CHORUS

We’ll all pull together now, the skipper and the crew

All pull together, into the ocean blue

Sailing for the harbour where our voyage had begun

Homeward bound returning from the sea         

And when a sailor’s dreaming at the closing of the day

Heave away me bully boys away

The sea and sky become as one as daylight fades away

And we’ll haul away together, haul away

And ‘neath the waves another world is hidden by a veil

Heave away me bully boys away

Where coral sings a chorus to the calling of the whale

And we’ll haul away together, haul away

CHORUS

We’ll all pull together now, the skipper and the crew

All pull together, into the ocean blue

Sailing for the harbour where our voyage had begun

Homeward bound returning from the sea         

The mind begins to wander midst the silence and the blue

Heave away me bully boys away

As man and sea are joined as one within the Innerview

And we’ll haul away together, haul away

Within a time of solitude there lies a hallowed ground

Heave away me bully boys away

A fleeting separation from the world is to be found

And we’ll haul away together all the way

CHORUS

We’ll all pull together now, the skipper and the crew

All pull together, into the ocean blue

Sailing for the harbour where our voyage had begun

Homeward bound returning from the sea         

Repeat Chorus

This is how this short essay appears in the special Oceanographic publication, The Innerview