Sailor Man Lyrics

You sailed on the open seas

Sent to war for king and country

But you got no heroes return

Cos your love had moved on

It was sure stormy seas for a while

When a new love came into your life

When the waters had calmed

She was one with her sailor man

Sailor man

You traded adventures at sea

Took the weight of a big family

Put bread on the table for me

Became the man i knew you to be

You never had too much to say

But you worked all the hours god gave

That's when you showed me the ways

Of a working man

Working man

Your love she was lost when you passed

All adrift like a ship with no course

Cos you were her guiding light

The love of her life

But you watched over her everyday

Cos she kept you there close to her bed

In that old photograph of a smiling sailor man

Sailor man

You were a hero to me

And when i think of you all i can see

Is that old photograph of a smiling sailor man

Sailor man

Sailor man