High Water

I was built with labor and with love It only took one year And it wasn't long before the calls To use me would appear I was a multi-purpose vessel All ready for the sea So many merchants boarded For their cargo and for me My sails were full, I was riding high Then someone burned my mast My anchor chain was cut in two So much for trying to cast The captain and the crew jumped ship When trouble turned its head They didn't think they'd save me So they chose to flee instead Well, the thunder rolls and the waves crash over me And in the morning, I don't know where I will be Oh, I've heard talk of harsh mistresses But now I know them well High water has become my hell Well, I've drifted halfway round the world Looking for my home But no harbor wants to welcome me No matter where I roam The water seems to stretch For half a million leagues at best I've seen one patch of blue and green So I've seen all the rest Now, I've survived six hundred storms And fifteen mutinies But my frame is creaking under me Just like it's begging "please" Give me a shore to land on Hell, a pile of rocks would do Anything to stop me moving And to say my journey's through Well, the thunder rolls and the waves crash over me And in the morning, I don't know where I will be Oh, I've heard talk of harsh mistresses But now I know them well High water has become my hell Well, the thunder rolls and the waves crash over me Oh, and in the morning, I don't know where I will be You see, I've heard the talk of harsh mistresses But now I know them well High water has become my hell Oh, I've heard talk of harsh mistresses But now I know them well High water has become my hell