What are some of your favorite lyrics or songs that have to do with the ocean/sea/sailors. If you have them? Thanks!

Por la blanda arena que lame el mar
su pequeña huella no vuelve más
un sendero solo de pena y silencio
llegó hasta el agua profunda
un sendero solo de penas mudas
llegó hasta la espuma.

Sabe dios qué angustia te acompañó,
qué dolores viejos calló tu voz,
para recostarte arrullada en el canto
de las caracolas marinas
la canción que canta en el fondo oscuro del mar
la caracola.

Te vas Alfonsina con tu soledad
¿qué poemas nuevos fuiste a buscar?
una voz antigua de viento y de sal
te requiebra el alma y la esta llamando
y te vas hacia alla como en sueños
dormida Alfonsina, vestida de mar.

Cinco sirenitas te llevarán
por caminos de algas y de coral
y fosforescentes caballos marinos harán
una ronda a tu lado
y los habitantes del agua van a jugar
pronto a tu lado.

Bájame la lámpara un poco más
déjame que duerma, nodriza en paz,
y se llama él no le digas que estoy
dile que Alfonsina no vuelve.
Y se llama él no le digas nunca que estoy
di que me he ido.

Te vas Alfonsina con tu soledad,
Qué poemas fuiste a buscar?
una voz antigua de viento y de sal
te requiebra el alma y la está llamando
y te vas hacia allá, como en sueños
dormida Alfonsina, vestida de mar.

She will kiss til your lip bleeds
But she will not take her dress off
Americano, tropicano
All the sailor boys have demons
They sing "oh kentucky why did you forsake me
If i was meant to sail the sea
Why did you make me
Shouldve been with the state
Oh state..
Cause mary anne's a bitch
Mary anne's a bitch [x5]

Does it matter that our anchors
Couldnt even reach the bottom
Of a bath tub
And the sails reflect the moon
Its such a strange job
Playing black jack on the deck
Still i taught this giant bottle dressed in white
We quitely huddle with our missiles
And we miss the girls back home
Oh home sweet home
Cause mary anne's a bitch
Mary anne's a bitch [x5]

She will kiss until your lip bleeds
But she will not take her dress off
Americano, tropicano
Americano, tropicano
Americano, americano

Meu amor é marinheiro
E mora no alto mar
Seus braços são como o vento
Ninguém os pode amarrar
Quando chega à minha beira
Todo o meu sangue é um rio
Onde o meu amor aborda
Seu coração, um navio

Meu amor
Disse que eu tinha
Na boca um gosto, a saudade
E os cabelos onde nascem
Os ventos e a liberdade

Meu amor é marinheiro
Quando chega à minha beira
Acende um cravo na boca
E canta dessa maneira

Eu vivo lá longe, longe...
Onde dormem os navios
Mas um dia hei de voltar
Nas águas de nossos rios
Hei de passar nas cidades
Como o vento nas areias
E abrir todas as janelas
E abrir todas as cadeias

Meu amor é marinheiro
E mora no alto mar
Coração que nasceu livre
Não se pode acorrentar

this is a cheat because it is about a river not the sea....
Riverside Kid Harpoon Lyrics
this is also more river than sea but it mentions the sea and sailors....
LEONARD COHEN - SUZANNE Lyrics

I will think of some more oceany ones. Promise.

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Now honies play me close like butter played toast

A Canon - Regina Spektor

A cannon was fired by the light of the moon
I'm waiting, the boat should be here very soon
And I mindless unless all the silly pictures that hang round my room, for now
I write you a letter
I hope you feel better
I hope you forgive the transgressions
I've given you love
And I've given you anger as well
And I meant them both
I always knew it was coming this way
Was coming this way
I always knew a big boat would come and take me away
Take me away
I stood on my bed
Then I slipped in my dress
Then I ran through the halls
Like a ghost
And in case someone heard me
I grabbed the big dagger that I'd never use
-Unless
Barefeet on the cobblestones street
Then a peach
Then a splash
Then my ankles
My knees
Then my thighs
And my eyes open-wide
I threw myself right into the sea
And I could see it was coming my way
Was coming my way
I always knew a big boat would come and take me away
Take me away
Take me away
I've woken up once
And I've woken up twice
And I've woken up millions and millions of times
Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water
Somebody's got to tell all the people to be like the water
I would if I could
But I can't so I don't
My heart breaks too easy
My words get all jumbled
And when I wear lipstick
Then no-one understands me at all
They think I'm saying hello and goodbye
Hello and goodbye
What I'm really saying is (whisperwhisperwhisper)
They think I'm saying hello and goodbye
Hello and goodbye and hello
What I'm really saying is (whisperwhisperwhisper)
I've woken up once
And I've woken twice
And I've woken up millions and millions of times

La Mer

and when the day arrives
I'll become the sky
and I'll become the sea

and the sea will come to kiss me
for I am going home

nothing can stop me now

by Nine Inch Nails - its a woman speaking in French, you can barely hear them - but the music is BEAUTIFUL.

and

The Great Below:

Staring at the sea
Will she come?
Is there hope for me
After all is said and done
Anything at any price
All of this for you
All the spoils of a wasted life
All of this for you
All the world has closed her eyes
Tried faith all worn and thin
For all we could have done
And all that could have been

Ocean pulls me close
And whispers in my ear
The destiny I've chose
All becoming clear
The currents have their say
The time is drawing near
Washes me away
Makes me disappear

I descend from grace
In arms of undertow
I will take my place
In the great below

I can still feel you
Even so far away

Also by Nine Inch Nails.

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Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
I'll draw a sketch of thee,
What kind of pencil shall I use?
2B or not 2B?

toyboat - yoko ono

laura veirs is kind of obsessed with water. this is only one of her lyrics about the sea or water or lakes..

laura veirs - riptide

Riptide pulls me out into the open sea
My toes dangle for a place to stand and be

Oh starry night, come and chart a course
Or send me a boat with an anchor set
I’ll pull myself ashore

Left with essence
Of the moon and stars and night
There’s no other route
I cannot take self to flight
I’ll float here with the shrimp and brine
And on my cheeks and hair
The salt will always shine
And with this phosphorescence map
A sailor’s chart, a mermaid’s hand
Something I’ll find

Oh starry night, come and chart a course…

riptide (mp3)

not really about the sea, but an amazing track none the less.

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the cure- from the edge of the deep green sea

every time we do this
i fall for her
wave after wave after wave
it's all for her
i know this can't be wrong i say
(and i'll lie to keep her happy)
as long as i know that you know
that today i belong
right here with you
right here with you...

and so we watch the sun come up
from the edge of the deep green sea
and she listens like her head's on fire
like she wants to believe in me
so i try
put your hands in the sky
surrender
remember
we'll be here forever
and we'll never say goodbye...

i've never been so
colourfully-see-through-head before
i've never been so
wonderfully-me-you-want-some-more
and all i want is to keep it like this
you and me alone
a secret kiss
and don't go home
don't go away
don't let this end
please stay
not just for today

never never never never never let me go she says
hole me like this for a hundred thousand million days
but suddenly she slows
and looks down at my breaking face
why do you cry? what did i say?
but it's just rain i smile
brushing my tears away...

i wish i could just stop
i know another moment will break my heart
too many tears
too many times
too many years i've cried over you

how much more can we use it up?
drink it dry?
take this drug?
looking for something forever gone
but something
we will always want?

why why why are you letting me go? she says
i feel you pulling back
i feel you changing shape...
and just as i'm breaking free
she hangs herself in front of me
slips her dress like a flag to the floor
and hands in the sky
surrenders it all...

i whish i could just stop
i know another moment will break my heart
too many tears
too many times
too many years i've cried for you
it's always the same
wake up in the rain
head in pain
hung in shame
a different name
same old game
love in vain
and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
away from home again...

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Auf Der Maur ~ Followed the Waves
Well the lyrics have got "waves" in them...what more do you want?!

Mastodon - Leviathan

the whole album is based on Moby Dick. Blood Mountain is far superior though.

Song to the Siren - Tim Buckley

Long afloat on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving to your isle
And you sang
Sail to me
Sail to me
Let me enfold you
Here I am
Here I am
Waiting to hold you

Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorn on your rocks,
For you sing, touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow:
O my heart, o my heart shies from the sorrow

I am puzzled as the newborn child
I am troubled at the tide:
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Should I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing, swim to me, swim to me, let me enfold you:
Here I am, here I am, waiting to hold you

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smog-Bathysphere

When I was seven
I asked my mother
To trip me to the bay
And put me on a ship
And lower me down
Lower me out of here

Because when I was seven
I wanted to live in a bathysphere

Between coral
Silent eel
Silver swordfish
I can't really feel or dream down here

And if the water should cut my line
And if the water should cut my line
Set me free
And if the water should cut my line
Set me free, I don't mind
I'll be the lost sailor, my home is the sea

When I was seven
My father said to me
"But you can't swim"
And I've never dreamed of the sea again



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these are awesome lyrics-give it a try!

Morcheeba:The Sea


Flocking to the sea
Crowds of people wait for me
Sea gulls scavenge
Steal ice cream
Worries vanish
Within my dream

I left my soul there,
Down by the sea
I lost control here
Living free

I left my soul there,
Down by the sea
I lost control here
Living free

Fishing boats sail past the shore
No singing may-day any more
The sun is shining
The Water's clear
Just you and I walk along the pier

I left my soul there,
Down by the sea
I lost control here
Living free

I left my soul there,
Down by the sea
I lost control here
Living free

A cool breeze flows but mind the wasp
Some get stung it's worth the cost
I'd love to stay
The city calls me home
More hassles fuss and lies on the phone

I left my soul there,
Down by the sea
I lost control here
Living free

I left my soul there,
Down by the sea
I lost control here
Living free

I left my soul there,
Down by the sea
I lost control here
Living free

I left my soul there,
Down by the sea
I lost control with you,
And living, living,
And I, living, by the sea

i think this is originally by sinead o connor but i know the placebo version

jackie
Jackie left on a cold, dark night
Telling me he'd be home
Sailed the seas for a hundred years
Leaving me all alone
And I've been dead for twenty years
I've been washing the sand
With my ghostly tears
Searching the shores for my Jackie-oh
I remember the day the young man came
He said, "your Jackie's gone
We got lost in the rain"
And I ran to the beach
And laid me down "You're all wrong", I said
And they stared at the sand
"That man knows that sea
Like the back of his hand
He'll be back some time
laughing at you"
And I've been waiting all this time
For my man to come
Take his hand in mine
And lead me away
To unseen shores
I've been washing the sand
With my salty tears
Searching the shore
For these long years
And I'll walk the seas forever more
Till I find my Jackie oh .