Safe in the Harbour Songtext
von Eric Bogle

Have you stood by the ocean
On a diamond-hard morning
And felt the horizon
Stir deep in your soul?
Watched the wake of a steamer
As it cut through blue water?
Been gripped by a fever
You just can′t control?

Ah, to throw off the shackles
And fly with the seagulls
To where green waves tumble
For a driving sea wind
Or to lie on the decking
On a warm summer's evening
Watch the red sun fall burning
Beneath the earth′s rim


But to every sailor
Comes time to drop anchor
Haul in the sails
And make the lines fast
You deep-water dreamer
Your journey is over
You're safe in the harbour at last
You're safe in the harbour at last

Some men are sailors
But most are just dreamers
Held fast by the anchors
They forge in their mind
When their hearts know they′ll never
Sail over deep water
To search for a treasure
They′re afraid they won't find

So in sheltered harbours
They cling to their anchors
Bank down the boilers
And shut down the steam
And wait for the sailors
To return with the treasures
That will fan the dull embers
And fire up their dreams


But to every sailor
Comes time to drop anchor
Haul in the sails
And make the lines fast
You deep-water dreamer
Your journey is over
You′re safe in the harbour at last
You're safe in the harbour at last

And some men are schemers
Who laugh at the dreamers
Take the gold from the savers
And turn it to dross
They′re men in a prison
They're men without vision
Whose only horizon
Is profit and loss

So when storm clouds come sailing
Across your blue ocean
Hold fast to your dreaming
For all that you′re worth
For as long as there are dreamers
There will always be sailors
Bringing back their bright treasures
From the corners of earth

But to every sailor
Comes time to drop anchor
Haul in the sails
And make the lines fast
You deep-water dreamer
Your journey is over
You're safe in the harbour at last
You're safe in the harbour at last