Sailing to another shore Flailing wildly in these winds Waving at all the other boys And we're wishing we'd had another choice Wailing over what we were Dwelling on what came to be One day I will outgrow the cabin-boys At long last I too shall find my voice And all the poor ships at sea They may have built them for you But they'll sink them for me All those poor ships at sea Will go down with me And have you ever heard the lore Of when the sailors still drown Although the sirens won't sing no more All those poor ships at sea, oh She's swaying with the sailor man Finds solace in his arms On wavering ships we've been left behind And we're hopelessly trying to stay alive Hey And all the poor ships at sea They may have built them for you But they'll sink them for me All those poor ships at sea Will go down with me And have you ever heard the lore Of when the sailors still drown Although the sirens won't sing no more All those poor ships at sea, oh