I'm leavin' my fam'ly 
And leavin' my friends 
My body's at home 
But my heart's in the wind 
Where the clouds are like headlines 
On a new front page sky 
My tears are salt water 
And the moon's full and high 
 
And I know Martin Eden's 
Gonna be proud of me 
And many before me 
Who've been called by the sea 
To be up in the crow's nest 
And singin' my say 
Shiver me Timbers 
'Cause I'm a-sailin' away 
 
The fog's liftin' 
And the sand's shiftin' 
and I'm driftin' on out 
And Ol' Captain Ahab 
He ain't got nothin' on me. 
So come on and swallow me, don't follow me 
I'm trav'lin' alone 
Blue water's my daughter 
'n I'm gonna skip like a stone 
 
So please call my missus 
Tell her not to cry 
'Cause my goodbye is written 
By the moon in the sky 
And nobody knows me 
I can't fathom my stayin' 
Shiver me timbers 
I'm a-sailin' away 
 
And the fog's liftin' 
And the sand's shiftin' 
I'm driftin' on out 
Ol' Captain Ahab 
He ain't got nothin' on me 
So come on and swallow me, don't follow me 
I'm trav'lin' alone 
Blue water's my daughter 
'n I'm gonna skip like a stone 
 
And I'm leavin' my family 
Leavin' my friends 
My body's at home 
But my heart's in the wind 
Where the clouds are like headlines 
On a new front page sky 
And shiver me timbers 
I'm a-sailin' away