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This is a Tom Waits song. I have also seen a fabulous version performed by Bette Midler, though in a lighter style. You can see it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... but hey, listen to mine too:) I've gone for a more Waitsian approach, or tried to. It's a song with, at least to my mind, quite a dark edge to it. lyrics I've used are as below:-I'm leavin' my fam'lyLeavin' all my friendsMy body's at homeBut my heart's in the windWhere the clouds are like headlinesOn a new front page skyMy tears are salt waterAnd the moon's full and highAnd I know Martin Eden'sGonna be proud of meAnd many before mehave been called by the seaTo be up in the crow's nestSingin' my sayShiver me Timbers I'm a-sailin' awayAnd the fog's liftin'sand's shiftin'I'm driftin' on outOl' Captain AhabHe ain't got nothin' on me, So swallow me, don't follow meI'm trav'lin' aloneBlue water's my daughterI'm gonna skip like a stoneSo please call my missustell her not to crymy goodbye is writtenBy the moon in the skyHey and nobody knows meI can't fathom my stayin'Shiver me timbersI'm a-sailin' awayAnd I'm leavin' my familyLeavin' all my friendsMy body's at homeBut my heart's in the windWhere the clouds are like headlineson a new front page skyAnd shiver me timbersI'm a-sailin' awaybtw, the reference to 'Martin Eden' in the second verse relates to a novel by Jack london in which the eponymous Martin Eden goes away to sea.

Channel: Music Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am Author: DavidFebruary

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