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lost and found part 1
When I was eighteen, I was barely a man.
With a dream in my heart and a bottle in my hand.
You left me there on that cold winter's night.
Too drunk to go home and too tired to fight.
So with nowhere to go and no one to go with,
I headed down to the water.
At the sight of the docks I got rocks in my socks,
At the thought of being out without blame.
When I glimpsed an old barge, upon sat a man large,
And he seemed to know me by shame.
He sang "sonny me lad, looks like you've had it bad,
why don't ye sit down and tell me the tale"
Well I did as he asked, and some drink was passed,
And the torchlight it flickered in the gale.
We talked through the night, until morning came near.
The old sailor sat up and he finished his beer.
He said son I must leave, I'm on a ship in two days,
Come with if ye like and I'll teach you the ways.
But think long and hard, are things really so tough,
That you'd leave your home to go sleep on the rough.
But you'll travel the world, and meet many agirl.
And with that, my young mind was made up.
