You've spoken tales of your five years at sea and the grandeur of life that dwells in the shadows of trees Each secret isle revealed a gift so pristine But the cruel flood of man since erodes what you've seen A ghost ship will take me away into yesterday A ghost ship to take me away, rewinding decades If I could set sail through the seas of time and space I would stand at your side and feel the sun's warm embrace Marching from shores, I would savor each day In a cocoon of reason until I awake