I Used to Be a Sailor Songtext
von Tracy Chapman

I used to be a sailor
Who sailed across the seas
But now I′m just an island
Since they took my boat away from me
Oh-oh, no

I don't like being stationary
No-no, no, no, no
I like the rocky, waving motions of the sea, hey
I sit and rock behind these padded walls
Hoping one day they′ll fall
And set me free

He wrote his epitaph
He wrote his eulogy
It said "I think that I can die now
For my true love won't come for me"
Oh, no


I don't like being stationary
No, no, no, no
I like the rocky, waving motions of the sea, yea-hey
I sit and rock behind these padded walls
Hoping one day they′ll fall
And set me free

I used to be a sailor
Who sailed across the seas
But now I′m just an island
Since they took my boat away from me
Oh-oh, no

I don't like being stationary
No, no, no, no
I like the rocky, waving motions of the sea, yea-hey
I sit and rock behind these padded walls
Hoping one day they′ll fall
And set me free

Set me free, set me free, set me free
Set me free, set me free, set me free
Set me free, set me free, set me free