On a Ship - Judie Tzuke, Nigel Kennedy

Through the window I can hear the sea

Pushing me gently from side to side, rocking me

Through the porthole flying fish would dance

Floating like gliders above the surf, my first romance

I only lived in my father’s eyes

A child not ready to break the ties

On a ship that sailed the world

He fell in love with another girl

Heading southwards with the sun on board

The wind in my hair, I would dream of him, it seems absurd

Looking backwards it’s so far away

Would I have loved him as much if he were here today?

I only lived in my father’s eyes

A child not ready to break the ties

On a ship that sailed the world

He fell in love with another girl