jakewashere

I SAW YOU SHINE I thought the world was turning on but it just turned away And left behind a hapless dog that had too brief a day For the day was very short when you were shining like the sun And sunset brought the sadness of knowing it was done But I won't forget, I'll never forget that I once saw you shine And one glorious ray from your world gave a little light to mine And I won't forget, I'll never forget that I once saw you smile And one radiant beam of laughter warmed my cold world for a while The years have flown so quickly, like leaves borne on the wind And I'm still learning to accept that someday friendships end But I remember how it was when things were going right When you could give off sunbeams, or light the stars at night I won't forget, I'll never forget that I once saw you shine And one glorious ray from your world gave a little light to mine I won't forget, I'll never forget that I once saw you smile And one radiant beam of laughter warmed my cold world

It's a damned tough life full of toil and strife We merchantmen undergo And we don't give a damn when the gale is done How hard the winds did blow 'Cause we're homeward bound, 'tis a joyful sound With a full ship, taut and free And we won't give a damn when we drink our rum With the girls of old Tuli Rolling down to old Tuli, me boys Rolling down to old Tuli We're homeward bound from the Eastern ground Rolling down to old Tuli Once more we are waft by the eastern winds As we bound across the main And the coconut fronds of our tropic lands We soon shall see again Five sluggish moons have waxed and waned Since from the shore sailed we But now we're bound from the Eastern ground Rolling down to old Tuli Rolling down to old Tuli, me boys Rolling down to old Tuli We're homeward bound from the Eastern ground Rolling down to old Tuli Through the buccaneers and the privateers Our good ship weaved its way And in the midst of the moonbeam's kiss We slept in Yanxia's bay 'Twas a long cold