Song Description

set in the eighteen hundreds, sea shanty lamenting the loss of her man at sea.

Lyrics

"Lost At Sea" lyric, Leppard and McBryde. Music M. Leppard.

There's a rumour down here
On the dark side of town
That a doomed fleet just sailed in
You'll be down at the harbour
In bodice and gown
Anxious for some word of him
But those that you stop
Only leer and press on
With their own swift appointments to keep
"Your man's lost at sea"
exclaims one on the run,
"he delivers his speech
he delivers his speech
to the deep."

Your face says you're lonely
Your rags say you're cold
Hungry in body and soul
Love's your salvation
In more ways than one
Keeps you from growing old
The crowd presses closer
Demanding to know
Who has gone to their watery sleep
"your man's lost at sea",
exclaims one on the run
"he delivers his speech
he delivers his speech
to the deep."

Lost at sea
Don't let him be
Lost at sea
I am his lover
His children I mother

The last time your man
Sailed away from this shore
He promised he come back for good
That was after you begged him
Never to go
He said he'd stay, if only he could
The rig of the sailing ship
Battered and torn
Makes you fearful of what you might sea
"your man's lost at sea,"
exclaims one on the run,
well it can't be true
because his heart
is lying right here.

Lost at sea
Don't let him be
Lost at sea
I am his lover
His children I mother.