Fleet Of Hope

The fisherman comes up, puts his two poles in the sand

He stares out at the sea just exactly like me

But I've got a book in my hand

We will have caught on to something by the end of the day

But mostly we think about the one that got away

I've seen like a bird what pleasures the surface can bring

I've lost my best craft going foolishly back to where to the sirens sing

I've stared up at the place where the water meets the sky

And though

I stopped breathing

I still believe

I should try

Maybe a boat in search of lost treasures will pass by'

Cause the fleet of hope is so pretty when she's shining in the port

And the harbor clings to the jetty for protection and support

Out in the choppy waters the sharks swim and play

You're all washed up when

Poseidon has his day

I've walked through the desert climbed over mountains so high

Through jungles and plains

I took buses and trains

And airplanes across the sky

But none as seductive as ocean before me alone

And now I know why you layered your pockets with stones'

Cause the fleet of hope is so pretty when she's shining in the port

And the harbor clings to the jetty for protection and support

Out in the choppy waters the sharks swim and play

You're all washed up when

Poseidon has his day

When I was a girl all of my fancy took flight

And I had this dream could outshine anything even the darkest night

Now I wait like a widow for someone to come back from sea

I've always known

I was waiting for me'

Cause the fleet of hope is so pretty when she's shining in the port

And the harbor clings to the jetty for protection and support

Out in the choppy waters the sharks swim and play

You're all washed up when

Poseidon has his day