Lost Sailor Songtext
von Grateful Dead

Compass card is spinning
Helm is swingin′ to and fro
Ooh, where's the dog star?
Ooh, where′s the moon?

You're a lost sailor
You've been too long at sea

Some days the gales are howling
Some days the sea is still as glass
Ooh, reef the main sail
Ooh, lash the mast

You′re a lost sailor
You′ve been too long at sea
Now the shore lights beckon
Yeah, there's a price for being free


Yeah, the sea birds cry
There′s a ghost wind blowin'
It′s calling you to that misty swirling sea
'Til the chains of your dreams are broken
No place in this world you can be

You′re a lost sailor
You been away too long at sea
Now the shorelines beckon
There is a price for being free

Drifting, yeah, drifting
Yeah, drifting and dreaming
'Cause there's a place you′ve never been
Maybe a place you′ve never seen now
You can hear her calling on the wind
Go on and drift your life away
Yeah, just drifting and dreaming
Maybe drift your life away
Drifting and dreaming

Yes, I'm going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream
Maybe going on a dream