Tracy Chapman - Matters of the Heart

I Used to Be a Sailor

I used to be a sailor
Who sailed across the seas
But now I'm just an island
Since they took my boat away from me
Oh-oh, no

I don't like being stationary
No-no, no, no, no
I like the rocky, waving motions of the sea, hey
I sit and rock behind these padded walls
Hoping one day they'll fall
And set me free

He wrote his epitaph
He wrote his eulogy
It said "I think that I can die now
For my true love won't come for me"
Oh, no

I don't like being stationary
No, no, no, no
I like the rocky, waving motions of the sea, yea-hey
I sit and rock behind these padded walls
Hoping one day they'll fall
And set me free

I used to be a sailor
Who sailed across the seas
But now I'm just an island
Since they took my boat away from me
Oh-oh, no

I don't like being stationary
No, no, no, no
I like the rocky, waving motions of the sea, yea-hey
I sit and rock behind these padded walls
Hoping one day they'll fall
And set me free

Set me free, set me free, set me free
Set me free, set me free, set me free
Set me free, set me free, set me free



Credits
Writer(s): Tracy Chapman
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Bang Bang Bang
  2. So
  3. I Used to Be a Sailor
  4. The Love That You Had
  5. Woman's Work
  6. If These Are the Things
  7. Short Supply
  8. Dreaming On a World
  9. Open Arms
  10. Matters of the Heart

All Album Tracks: Matters of the Heart >

Altri album

  1. Montreux 1988 (Live 1988)
  2. Stay Alive
  3. Legendary FM Broadcasts - Oakland Coliseum Stadium, CA 27th May 1989
  4. Greatest Hits
  5. Our Bright Future
  6. Where You Live
  7. Change
  8. Let It Rain
  9. Collection
  10. Telling Stories

All Albums of Tracy Chapman >

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