looking at the horizon as the waves roll in sweeping clean the footprints of man the ships pass by and don't stop to realize that i sit here and take it all in and i want to thank the Lord in heaven above for His goodness and mercy upon me and the wind and the sea and these ships that go passing by they remind me of a time when they were all that was on my mind and i yearned to be free of the trappings of land and explore the sea it's still in me. but innocence is something that's lost never to return again. i wish i could go back tell him never grow up you can never be this boy again. when he does it's his mind he'll be losing and the whiskey and the women and the dancing and music fade away but the memories of that boy linger to this day. and the drunken forays and dancing the night away only lead to ringing ears. and the women and song will only bring him tears. so he can't see clear. but the party is over, the lights are out and the girl that's in my arms i don't really know her. and it's not that there aren't good times but i remember when things were simpler. and i want to thank the Lord in heaven for His goodness and mercy upon me.