On a Rising Wind Lyrics

The magistrate looked down and sternly spoke - I confess t'was to me

The choice was two by ten in the King's jail or two years on the cruel sea

And so we sailed

And so we sailed

It's fairly clear that all on board have a story or two they don't tell

And the dockside wishes were less bon voyage more go to hell

And it's fare well. Fare the well

Fare well my friends and kin

And it's fare well. Oh to sail again

On a rising wind

Who can count all the polity, all the lessons we never learned

All the bridges that were not so much torched as defiantly spurned

And so we sailed

And so we sailed

And it's fare well. Fare the well

Fare well my friends and kin

And it's fare well. Oh to sail again

On a rising wind

A squall blew up and I'm down below amidst the rising sick and fear

And there's naught but one vanity left, to plot how I got here

And so we sank

And so we sank

And it's fare well. Fare the well

Fare well my friends and kin

And it's fare well. Oh to sail again

On a rising wind

And it's fare well. Fare the well

Fare well my friends and kin

And it's fare well. Oh to sail again

On a rising wind