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As a child, I was terrified of the mighty oceanWhen I heard the distant urging of the brineThough I cried at night as I tried to fight the emotionThat bitter cup of tears was truly mineBut when I came to taste the spray on the waterfrontI lost my fear and shrugged away my shameAnd I stowed away on a trans-atlantic freighterWith the tempest raging in my every veinA man may spend his life afloat, a man may live ashoreI'll cast away and take my chance at seaThere were stormy days and roaring nights a-plentyIn the salty fellowship of boys and menThey were tough and true, they were glassy eyed and recklessWith a blazing thirst, I drank and drank againWe crossed the line, explored the depths of dangerExceeding every fantasy and dreamNo landsman with his stifling horizonsCould ever guess the wonders we had seenA man may spend his life afloat, a man may live ashoreI'll cast away and take my chance at seaI've braved the waves in an open boat and I know these waters wellLetras de cancionesI'll man your lifeboat any time you needWay, castaway from the restless achingWay, castaway, gonna leave it all behindWay, far away where the waves are breakingWay, far away where the ocean meets the skyWell a ship must tack and a man must follow his compassOn an unknown shore I foundered in the sandMet a salty girl with a sailor's gait and her eyes were a greeny blueAnd she knew the ropes like the back of her sunburned handWe danced a hornpipe on the beach to the sound of the seething swellWe drank and sank exhausted on the strandTill I slipped my anchor, quit my ship and became a castawayTo savor the embrace of her native landA man may spend his life afloat, a man may live ashoreA man may marry and still put out to seaWe brave the waves in our open boat and we know these waters wellWe'll man your lifeboat any time you needWay, castaway from the restless achingWay, castaway, gonna leave it all behindWay, far away where the waves are breakingWay, far away, where the ocean meets the sky From Letras Mania