(Watching the) Harbour Lights

from All at Sea by The Landlubbers (full album) by Steve Cartwright/Dave Taylor

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lyrics

(Watching the) Harbour Lights

D/Dsus

I’ve(D) been a salt (G)sailor
For(D) many’s the long(A) year,
And through (D)many a (G)morning,
My (D)ship I did (A) steer
But (D)now I’m re(G)turning
Once (D)more to the (Bm)shore(A)
No (D)more(G) I’ll go a(A) sailing..(D)
No more (G)I’ll go a (A)sailing..

(D)Watching the (A)harbour lights
(D)From the quay(A)side
Re(G)flect off the (D)water in the warm evening(A) tide
(Bm)Calm lie the (A)fishing boats
(D)Home from the (E7)sea,(G)
As (D)bathed in the (G)moonlight
My (D)dreams(A) are following(D) me.

D/Dsus x2

Storms I would fear not,
All angers subside
To the wide elemental
The stars as my guide,
Yet tossed like a leaf
I’ve a mind still to be
And feel the salt spray in my dreaming..
And feel the salt spray in my dreaming..

Watching the harbour lights..

Feet on terra firma
I thought I might drown,
And those dandelion roots
I never put down,
But I’ll drag these old bones
Once more down to the pier
And take in the smell of the ocean.
And take in the smell of the ocean.

Watching the harbour lights....

Repeat verse 1 with extra repeats of last line.

On 1st repeat

No (D)more (G)I’ll go a (Bm)sailing

No (D)more (G)I’ll go a (A)sailing

D/Dsus/D

credits

from All at Sea by The Landlubbers (full album), released April 2, 2024
Vocal by Julia Taylor

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about

Dave Taylor Leicester, UK

I write both serious and comedy songs. 6 solo CDs to date and collaborations with Steve Cartwright -"Legends of Leicester/Leicestershire". "All at Sea" shantyish album. Folk based for the most part - when people ask where the ideas come from I can say with honesty -"not drugs!!".. Currently working on a new album "Aspects of Lurve" hopefully out later in 2024. ... more