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I Used To Be A Sailor

This version of I Used To Be A Sailor was released by Tracy Chapman in 1992.

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I used to be a sailor
Who sailed across the seas
But now I’m just an island
Since they took my boat away from me
Oh no

I don’t like being stationary
I like the rocky wavy motions of the sea
I sit and rot behind these padded walls
Hoping one day they’ll fall
And set me free

He wrote his epitaph
He wrote his eulogy
It said “I think that I can die now
For my true love won’t come for me”
Oh no

I don’t like being stationary
I like the rocky wavy motions of the sea
I sit and rot behind these padded walls
Hoping one day they’ll fall
And set me free

I used to be a sailor
Who sailed across the seas
But now I’m just an island
Since they took my boat away from me
Oh no

I don’t like being stationary
I like the rocky wavy motions of the sea
I sit and rot behind these padded walls
Hoping one day they’ll fall
And set me free

Set me free
Set me free
Set me free

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