Sail Again - The Real McKenzies

I hold something close

Which cannot be seen

The last glimpse of light

Your eyes shot at me

Though all hands aboard

We shan’t leave here free

The flames are too hot

And the smoke blinds the sea

The waves deafen out

The few remaining screams

Ironically it’s

The plank that saves me

They carry the chests

That we filled with gold

Caught me surprised

Seeing 'em thrown overboard

I don’t know what these ghosts were looking for

The madness fills my head

I watch our flag as it gets stripped and torn

I’ll never sail again

As I lay afloat

I welcome the end

Without my ship and crew

I may as well be dead

I now drift away

Like a candle in the sky

Where I lived most

Is where I shall die

I don’t know what these ghosts were looking for

The madness fills my head

I watch our flag as it gets stripped and torn

I’ll never sail again

And it’s the lads who pay

From the plans made from their sea captain

You bet that he would trade it all

For one more night, one more day

But at least they know

That when the favors of fate will tip

The scallywag will follow close

Aye, he’ll go down with his ship

So sing for freedom

Drinks, wenches, Heaven

I’ll never sail

I’ll never sail

I’ll never sail again