City By the Sea Lyrics

Every soul sails to and fro in ships on seas of pleasure

The merchandise comes at a price, and time is bound to treasure

I sell my soul and pay the toll to become a god of weather

Yet the sea does not give birth to me, but swallows beyond measure

There is something in the deep that shakes below my feet

That bellows from the darkness and beckons unto me

Leviathan will play, and thrash beneath the waves

Death glories at his stir, as he dances on my grave

I heard tavern tales and singing 'bout treasure Island

Where God is king and I am prince and we are drunk

Yet how much drinking does it take before I am dying?

For the flood is pouring over and my ship is sunk

For my ship was but a steamboat made of iron

Alas, I have no boards or planks to float upon

So now I swim these waters looking for the sirens

That they might drag me to the depths until I'm gone

Who can live beside the sea and not be broken by it?

What man does she not dash against the rocks?

I wasn't meant to live here darling

I was made for tending gardens

I was made to farm and reap the crops