The Sea Tells All

[Verse 1]
I’ve never crossed the island line, but I’ve sailed a thousand miles
The sea reads me the headlines in its blue and silver smiles
My little boat rocks easy where the reef runs deep and green
And every tide brings stories from the places I ain’t been

[Chorus]
The sea tells me everything, in a whisper and a swell
I’ve never left this island, but I know the wide world well
From my boat, the whole horizon rolls right up to me

[Verse 2]
A warm current brings the weather from a far-off summer rain
A gull drops in with rumors, then takes off again
The moon pulls at my anchor like a hand upon a bell
I know who’s lost, who’s coming home—the sea is glad to tell

[Bridge]
No passport in my pocket, no suitcase on the shore
Just salt upon my knuckles, and the tide to tell me more

[Outro]
I’ve never left my island, but I’ve seen