Sail On, Sailor - Los Lobos

I sailed an ocean, unsettled ocean

Through restful waters and deep commotion

Often frightened, unenlightened

Sail on, sail on, sailor

I wrest the waters, fight Neptune’s waters

Sail through the sorrows of life’s marauders

Unrelenting, often empty

Sail on, sail on, sailor

Caught like a sewer rat, alone but I sail

Bought like a crust of bread, but oh do I wail

Seldom stumble, never crumble

Try to tumble, life’s a rumble

Feel the stinging I’ve been given

Never ending, unrelenting

Heartbreak searing, always fearing

Never caring, persevering

Sail on, sail on, sailor

I work the seaways, the gale-swept seaways

Past shipwrecked daughters of wicked waters

Uninspired, drenched and tired

Wail on, wail on, sailor

Always needing, even bleeding

Never feeding all my feelings

Damn the thunder, must I blunder

There’s no wonder all I’m under

Stop the crying and the lying

And the sighing and my dying

Sail on, sail on, sailor